Health Status, Perceptions and Needs of Hispanics in Rural Shelbyville, Kentucky

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• 作者：Irma N. Ramos (1) (4)
  Savitri N. Appana (2) (4)
  Guy Brock (2) (4)
  Ted Kalbfleisch (3) (4)
  Qiang He (4)
  Kenneth S. Ramos (3) (4)
  
  1. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences ; School of Public Health and Information Sciences ; University of Louisville ; Louisville ; KY ; 40202 ; USA
  4. Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology ; University of Louisville ; Louisville ; KY ; 40202 ; USA
  2. Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics ; University of Louisville ; Louisville ; KY ; 40202 ; USA
  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ; University of Louisville ; Louisville ; KY ; 40202 ; USA
  
• 关键词：Community health ; Hispanic health ; Risk factors of disease ; Rural Kentucky ; Community health workers
• 刊名：Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：February 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 页码：148-155
• 全文大小：180 KB
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• 刊物主题：Public Health; Sociology, general; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1557-1920

文摘

This cross-sectional study was completed to characterize the health status, perceptions and needs of Hispanics in Shelbyville, KY, USA. Community Health Workers interviewed 668 Hispanic residents in Shelbyville, KY, USA. Data were collected from 2009 to 2010 and analyzed from 2011 until present. Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and other Central American countries completed the survey. The most common self-reported diseases were allergies, asthma, diabetes, lung disease and cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure and diabetes were the two most common diagnoses among insured, older females. Health education, disease prevention and nutrition were the top health concerns among participants. Deficits in health care infrastructure for this largely transient community may compromise their ability to meet health care needs and concerns. Similar issues may be faced by other disadvantaged Hispanic communities in the continental US and likely to be influenced by anticipated provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.