Asian American Women's Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 2 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-26 DOI:10.1007/s10903-023-01558-2
Katarina Wang, Alice Guan, Janice Seto, Debora L Oh, Kathie Lau, Christine Duffy, Esperanza Castillo, Valerie McGuire, Michelle Wadhwa, Clifford G Tepper, Heather A Wakelee, Mindy C DeRouen, Salma Shariff-Marco, Iona Cheng, Scarlett Lin Gomez
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The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated racism experienced by Asian Americans, especially women and older individuals. Little is known about how discriminatory experiences during the pandemic have influenced health behaviors among Asian Americans. Between 10/2021 and 6/2022, we surveyed 193 Asian American women in the San Francisco area. Participants were asked to report types of discrimination they experienced since March 2020. We explored bivariable associations of discrimination and changes in health behaviors and healthcare utilization. Most women were Chinese American (75%) and over 45-years-old (87%). The top three discriminatory experiences reported were being treated with less respect (60%), being treated unfairly at restaurants/stores (49%), and people acting as if they are better (47%). Chinese American women (vs. non-Chinese Asian American women) reported higher frequencies of being threatened/harassed (40% vs. 22%). Women who reported any discriminatory experience (vs. none) were more likely to report less physical exercise (42.7% vs. 26.3%) and canceling/rescheduling medical appointments (65.0% vs. 45.1%). Our findings begin to elucidate Asian American women's experiences of discrimination since the pandemic and provide evidence of the harmful impacts of anti-Asian racism on health behaviors.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间亚裔美国妇女的歧视经历和健康行为。
新冠肺炎大流行加剧了亚裔美国人,尤其是妇女和老年人所经历的种族主义。人们对疫情期间的歧视经历如何影响亚裔美国人的健康行为知之甚少。2021年10月至2022年6月,我们对旧金山地区的193名亚裔美国女性进行了调查。参与者被要求报告自2020年3月以来所经历的歧视类型。我们探讨了歧视、健康行为变化和医疗利用的双变量关联。大多数女性是华裔(75%)和45岁以上(87%)。报告的前三大歧视经历是受到的尊重较少(60%),在餐馆/商店受到的不公平待遇(49%),以及人们表现得好像自己更好(47%)。华裔美国女性(与非华裔亚裔美国女性相比)受到威胁/骚扰的频率更高(40%与22%)。报告有任何歧视经历(与无歧视经历相比)的女性更有可能报告较少的体育锻炼(42.7%与26.3%)和取消/重新安排医疗预约(65.0%与45.1%)。我们的研究结果开始阐明自疫情以来亚裔美国女性的歧视经历,并为反亚裔种族主义对健康行为的有害影响提供证据。
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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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3.70
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5.30%
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104
期刊介绍: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original research pertaining to immigrant health from contributors in many diverse fields including public health, epidemiology, medicine and nursing, anthropology, sociology, population research, immigration law, and ethics. The journal also publishes review articles, short communications, letters to the editor, and notes from the field.
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