PMID- 25785664
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161109
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1209-1367 (Electronic)
IS  - 0840-6529 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
DP  - 2015 Mar
TI  - Canadian Health Measures Survey: A tool for immigrant health research?
PG  - 3-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) fills important health 
      information gaps, but the feasibility of using it for immigrant research is 
      unknown. DATA AND METHODS: Weighted estimates of socio-demographic variables by 
      immigrant status from the combined cycles 1 and 2 of the CHMS (2007 to 2009 and 
      2009 to 2011) were compared with distributions from the 2006 Census and the 2011 
      National Household Survey (NHS). Weighted CHMS estimates of selected 
      self-reported health indicators among immigrants were compared with corresponding 
      data from the 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) by age group, 
      sex, broad world region of origin, and period of arrival. Z-scores were used to 
      detect statistical significance between the CHMS and CCHS estimates. RESULTS: The 
      CHMS immigrant sample is generally similar to the average of 2006 Census/2011 NHS 
      samples, but it contains higher percentages of recent immigrants, 30- to 
      49-year-olds, and immigrants from South/Central America. Estimates of selected 
      self-reported health and health behaviour variables from the CHMS and the CCHS 
      were similar overall, with minor differences at subgroup levels, and some 
      inconclusive results due to high variability. INTERPRETATION: The combined CHMS 
      immigrant sample can be used for health research. However, it is necessary to 
      ensure that variables of interest meet sample size and prevalence requirements, 
      especially at the subgroup level.
FAU - Ng, Edward
AU  - Ng E
AD  - Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Health Rep
JT  - Health reports
JID - 9012854
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Censuses
MH  - Child
MH  - Emigrants and Immigrants/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Health Surveys/*methods/standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Health/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Self Report
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Birthplace
OT  - data pooling
OT  - health surveys
OT  - physical health measures
EDAT- 2015/03/19 06:00
MHDA- 2016/11/10 06:00
CRDT- 2015/03/19 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/11/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 82-003-X201500314143 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Rep. 2015 Mar;26(3):3-9.