A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prior studies of cardiovascular health (CVH) disparities among immigrants of South Asian origin in the United States have examined South Asians as one homogenous group, focused primarily on Indian-origin immigrants, and examined risk at the individual level.

Methods

We present current knowledge and evidence gaps about CVH in the three largest South Asian-origin populations in the United States-Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani-and draw on socioecological and lifecourse frameworks to propose a conceptual framework for investigating multilevel risk and protective factors of CVH across these groups.

Results

The central hypothesis is that CVH disparities among South Asian populations exist due to differences in structural and social determinants, including lived

SUBMITTER: Kandula NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101928 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature