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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, Issue 12 1798-1801, Copyright © 1996 by American Public Health Association

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Self-rated health among Hispanic vs non-Hispanic white adults: the San Luis Valley Health and Aging Study.

S M Shetterly, J Baxter, L D Mason and R F Hamman

Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262, USA.

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether objective health indicators explained lower self-rated health among Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic Whites. It also considered socioeconomic and cultural explanations. METHODS: Health ratings of 429 Hispanics and 583 non-Hispanic Whites aged 20 through 74 were analyzed with logistic regression. RESULTS: Illness indicators were found to be strongly correlated with self-rated health in both ethnic groups, but after such markers were controlled for, Hispanics remained 3.6 times more likely to report fair or poor health (95% confidence interval = 2.4, 5.3). Adjustment for socioeconomic factors accounted for a portion of Hispanics' lower health rating, but the strongest explanatory factor was acculturation. CONCLUSIONS: Because of cultural and economic influences on definitions of health, ethnic differences in self-assessed health may not accurately reflected patterns resulting from objective health measurements.




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