PMID- 38334042
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240209
IS  - 1938-8993 (Electronic)
IS  - 1540-4153 (Linking)
DP  - 2024 Feb 9
TI  - Health and Racial Disparities: Importance of Accurate and Reliable Ethnicity, 
      Race, and Language Data.
PG  - 15404153241229687
LID - 10.1177/15404153241229687 [doi]
AB  - Introduction: Accurate demographic data are essential to identify and monitor 
      differences, trends, and changes in diabetes-related conditions between Hispanics 
      and non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs). It also provides pertinent information to reduce 
      health and racial disparities among English- and Spanish-speakers. Method: The 
      study's design was a quantitative cross-sectional one. Electronic medical record 
      (EMR) and survey data of the same sample were compared. Descriptive statistics 
      were computed for ethnicity, preferred language, and physiological data. 
      Frequency and percentages were calculated for each continuous and categorical 
      variable. Chi-square was calculated to compare physiological variables by 
      ethnicity and language. Results: During a 5-month period (September 2021-February 
      2022), 106 individuals from New York City with diabetes took part in this study. 
      Among Hispanics, most from the EMR identified as Other (82.4%), whereas from the 
      survey, most identified as White (57.1%). More Hispanics (19%) and Spanish 
      speakers (18%) had high triglyceride levels compared to NHBs (2%) and English 
      speakers (3%). Conclusion: Ensuring that demographic data are accurate can better 
      inform programs. Because Hispanics and Spanish speakers had the highest 
      triglyceride levels, diabetes programs need to include information on 
      cardiovascular disease and must be available in Spanish, to further reduce risk 
      factors, improve health outcomes, and promote health equity among these 
      populations.
FAU - Aponte, Judith
AU  - Aponte J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1773-2200
AD  - Hunter College School of Nursing, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA. RINGGOLD: 
      5924
AD  - CUNY Institute of Health Equity, Bronx, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Figueroa, Kelin
AU  - Figueroa K
AD  - Hunter College, New York, NY, USA. RINGGOLD: 5924
FAU - Brennan, Noreen B
AU  - Brennan NB
AD  - James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Diaz, Lillian
AU  - Diaz L
AD  - New York City/Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, New York, NY, 
      USA.
FAU - Samuels, William Ellery
AU  - Samuels WE
AD  - Hunter College School of Nursing, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA. RINGGOLD: 
      5924
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240209
PL  - United States
TA  - Hisp Health Care Int
JT  - Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National 
      Association of Hispanic Nurses
JID - 101150304
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Hispanics
OT  - ethnicity
OT  - language
OT  - non-Hispanics
OT  - race
COIS- Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts 
      of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article.
EDAT- 2024/02/09 06:43
MHDA- 2024/02/09 06:43
CRDT- 2024/02/09 05:44
PHST- 2024/02/09 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/09 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/09 05:44 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/15404153241229687 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Hisp Health Care Int. 2024 Feb 9:15404153241229687. doi: 
      10.1177/15404153241229687.