African Americans, African Immigrants, and Afro-Caribbeans Differ in Social Determinants of Hypertension and Diabetes: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 995-1002

  Commodore Mensah, Yvonne ^a   Matthie, Nadine ^b   Wells, Jessica ^b   B Dunbar, Sandra ^b   Himmelfarb, Cheryl Dennison ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^c   Chandler, Rasheeta D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypertension; Immigrants; Obesity; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85037737726     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0446-x     Document Type: Article

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