The Immigrant Health Differential in the Context of Racial and Ethnic Disparities: The Case of Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Social and economic disparities between racial/ethnic groups are a feature of the American context into which immigrants are incorporated, and a key determinant of population health. We ask whether racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes vary by nativity and whether native-immigrant disparities in diabetes vary by race and over time in the United States.

Methods

Using the 2000-2015 National Health Interview Survey, we estimate logistic regressions to examine the interaction of race/ethnicity, nativity, and duration in the U.S. in shaping diabetes patterns.

Results

Relative to their native-born co-ethnics, foreign-born Asian adults experience a significant diabetes disadvantage, while foreign-born Hispanic, Black, and White adults experience a significant advanta

SUBMITTER: Engelman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494443 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature