PMID- 17682283
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070906
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1049-510X (Print)
IS  - 1049-510X (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
DP  - 2006 Spring
TI  - Leading health indicators: a comparison of Hispanics with non-Hispanic whites and 
      non-Hispanic blacks, United States 2003.
PG  - 534-41
AB  - OBJECTIVE: One of the goals of Healthy People 2010 is to eliminate health 
      disparities among racial/ethnic groups. This study compared Hispanics with 
      non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks on six leading health indicators 
      (LHIs) by demographics characteristics, access to medical care, and general 
      health status. SETTING: Data were gathered from 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor 
      Surveillance System (BRFSS), a state based random-digit-dialed telephone survey. 
      PARTICIPANTS: Respondents were non-institutionalized adults age > or = 18 years. 
      METHODS: Respondents were compared by physical activity, smoking, binge drinking, 
      obesity, health insurance coverage, specific source of ongoing care, influenza 
      vaccination within last 12 months, and any pneumococcal vaccination. Logistic 
      regression models were constructed to evaluate racial/ethnic differences in LHIs 
      after adjusting for confounding variables. RESULTS: Responses from 235,784 
      participants were analyzed (Hispanic = 18,929, non-Hispanic White = 202,035, 
      non-Hispanic Black = 14,820). Hispanics did not meet the target of any LHIs. 
      Regardless of educational attainment, and after adjusting for confounders, 
      Hispanics were less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be moderately physically 
      active, to have healthcare coverage or a specific source of ongoing care, and to 
      have received a pneumococcal vaccination. They were less likely to smoke but 
      equally as likely to have received a flu shot. Hispanics with more than a high 
      school education were equally likely to binge drink but more likely to be obese 
      than non-Hispanic Whites after adjusting for confounding factors. CONCLUSIONS: To 
      eliminate the health disparities of Hispanics by 2010, culturally appropriate 
      health education and accessible preventive services are needed.
FAU - Chowdhury, Pranesh P
AU  - Chowdhury PP
AD  - Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, National 
      Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
      Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. pchowdhury@cdc.gov
FAU - Balluz, Lina
AU  - Balluz L
FAU - Okoro, Catherine
AU  - Okoro C
FAU - Strine, Tara
AU  - Strine T
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ethn Dis
JT  - Ethnicity & disease
JID - 9109034
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Black or African American
MH  - Aged
MH  - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Behavior/ethnology
MH  - *Health Status Indicators
MH  - Healthy People Programs
MH  - *Hispanic or Latino
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization Programs/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - United States/epidemiology
EDAT- 2007/08/09 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/07 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/09 09:00
PHST- 2007/08/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/09 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ethn Dis. 2006 Spring;16(2):534-41.