Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2367976
Ann W Nguyen, Omonigho M Bubu, Kedong Ding, Karen D Lincoln
{"title":"Chronic stress exposure, social support, and sleep quality among African Americans: findings from the National Survey of American Life-Reinterview.","authors":"Ann W Nguyen, Omonigho M Bubu, Kedong Ding, Karen D Lincoln","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2367976","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2367976","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to determine whether social support from extended family and church members moderate the association between chronic stress exposure and sleep quality in a nationally representative sample of African American adults.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Data from African American respondents aged 18 and older were drawn from the National Survey of American Life-Reinterview. The analytic sample for this study included 1,372 African American adults who attended religious services at least a few times a year, as the church-based relationship measures were only assessed for these individuals. Self-reported sleep quality was assessed by sleep satisfaction, trouble falling asleep, and restless sleep. Chronic stress exposure was measured by a nine-item index. OLS and logistic regression were used to estimate the relationship between chronic stress exposure, extended family and church relationships, and sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The data indicated that chronic stress exposure was associated with decreased sleep satisfaction, increased likelihood of trouble falling asleep and restless sleep. Receiving emotional support from family and more frequent contact with church members were associated with decreased restless sleep. Emotional family support moderated the associations between chronic stress exposure and trouble falling asleep and restless sleep. The positive associations between chronic stress exposure and these two sleep quality measures were attenuated among respondents who received high levels of emotional support from their family.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Together, these findings underscore the detriment of chronic stress exposure to African Americans' sleep quality and suggest that extended family members are effective stress coping resources and play an important role in this population's sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"620-644"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11272438/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2359379
Ching Shan Wan, Helena Teede, Alison Nankervis, Rosalie Aroni
{"title":"Ethnic differences in physical activity participation when managing gestational diabetes mellitus: a mixed-methods study comparing ethnic Chinese migrants and Australian women.","authors":"Ching Shan Wan, Helena Teede, Alison Nankervis, Rosalie Aroni","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359379","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Physical activity is a key component in gestational diabetes mellitus management to optimise glycaemic control and reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, inadequate physical activity during pregnancy is common. Underpinned by a woman-centred pregnancy care model, appropriate strategies targeting patients' cultural needs may facilitate physical activity participation. Ethnic Chinese migrants have a four-fold higher risk of gestational diabetes mellitus than the Australian Caucasian host population. To identify potentially effective disease management strategies to improve physical activity participation, understanding and comparing ethnic Chinese migrants' and Caucasian women's views will provide insights into developing an end-user-informed intervention.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to compare perceptions and practices around physical activity participation during pregnancy between 44 ethnic Chinese migrants and 39 Australian-born Caucasian women with gestational diabetes mellitus.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This mixed-methods study used in-depth, semi-structured audio-recorded interviews, validated pregnancy physical activity questionnaires and pedometers. Qualitative data were thematically analysed and compared between ethnicities. SPSS (SPSS Inc) was used in quantitative data analysis. Data triangulation was made to identify patterns in participant characteristics, physical activity beliefs and participation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite both ethnic groups doing less physical activity than recommended, Chinese participants were less physically active than Caucasian participants. Chinese participants expressed greater safety concerns about physical activity and opted for a more sedentary lifestyle. Data triangulation indicated that non-Australian-born Chinese participants whose husbands were Asian were overcautious about miscarriage risk related to physical activity, which promoted a sedentary lifestyle. Chinese participants suggested individualised, specific physical activity advice on safe physical activity during pregnancy would mitigate their concerns. Caucasian participants reported that digital step measurement technologies motivated their participation in physical activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Different strategies are suggested by Chinese and Caucasian participants to improve physical activity participation to manage gestational diabetes mellitus among ethnic Chinese and Caucasian populations, which will be evaluated in future interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"665-684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2359387
Lijuan Da, Yelena Tarasenko, Chen Chen
{"title":"Asian American sub-ethnic disparities and trends in epithelial ovarian cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival.","authors":"Lijuan Da, Yelena Tarasenko, Chen Chen","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359387","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359387","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Studies on ovarian cancer (OC) diagnosis, treatment and survival across disaggregated Asian sub-ethnic groups are sparse. Few studies have also conducted trend analyses of these outcomes within and across Asian groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using logistic, Cox, and Joinpoint regression analyses of the 2000-2018 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data, we examined disparities and trends in OC advanced stage diagnosis, receipt of treatments and the 5-year cause-specific survival across seven Asian sub-ethnic groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 6491 OC patients across seven Asian sub-ethnic groups (mean [SD] age, 57.29 [13.90] years). There were 1583(24.39%) Filipino, 1183(18.23%) Chinese, and 761(11.72%) Asian Indian or Pakistani (AIP) patients. The majority (52.49%) were diagnosed with OC with at an advanced stage. AIP were more likely to have advanced stage diagnosis than other subgroups (ORs, 95%CIs: 0.77, 0.62-0.96 [Filipino]; 0.76, 0.60-0.95 [Chinese]; 0.71, 0.54-0.94 [Japanese]; 0.74, 0.56-0.98 [Vietnamese] and 0.66, 0.53-0.83 [Other Asians]). The Filipinos were least likely to receive surgery but most likely to undergo chemotherapy. Japanese patients had the worst 5-year OC cause-specific survival (50.29%, 95%CI: 46.20%-54.74%). Based on the aggregated analyses, there was a significantly decreased trend in advanced-stage diagnosis and an increased trend in receipt of chemotherapy. Trends in OC outcomes for several subethnicities differed from those observed in aggregated analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this cohort study of 6491 patients, OC diagnosis, treatment, survival, and trends differed across Asian American ethnic subgroups. Such differences must be considered in future research and interventions to ensure all Asian American subethnicities equally benefit from the advancements in OC care and control.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"685-702"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141535928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2359384
Elizabeth Mollard, Anabelle Elya, Cydney Gaines, Erin Salahshurian, Elizabeth Riordan, Tiffany Moore, Shannon Maloney, Michele C Balas, Neel Shah, Deirdre Cooper Owens
{"title":"Reclaiming narratives of empowerment around Black maternal health: a strengths-based, community-informed focus group study.","authors":"Elizabeth Mollard, Anabelle Elya, Cydney Gaines, Erin Salahshurian, Elizabeth Riordan, Tiffany Moore, Shannon Maloney, Michele C Balas, Neel Shah, Deirdre Cooper Owens","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359384","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Research on Black maternal populations often focuses on deficits that can reinforce biases against Black individuals and communities. The research landscape must shift towards a strengths-based approach focused on the protective assets of Black individuals and communities to counteract bias. This study engaged the local Black community using a strengths-based approach to discuss the assets of Black maternal populations and to inform the design of a future clinical trial focused on reducing Black maternal health disparities.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Guided by the Theory of Maternal Adaptive Capacity, we conducted three purposive focus group sessions with Black adult community members. The focus groups were semi-structured to cover specific topics, including the strengths of the local community, strengths specific to pregnant community members, how the strengths of community members can support pregnant individuals, and how the strengths of pregnant community members can facilitate a healthy pregnancy. The focus group interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three focus group sessions were conducted with sixteen female individuals identifying as Black or African American. Central themes include (1) the power of pregnancy and motherhood in Black women, (2) challenging negative perceptions and media representation of Black mothers, (3) recognizing history and reclaiming cultural traditions surrounding birth, and (4) community as the foundation of Black motherhood.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Black community members identified powerful themes on Black maternal health through a strengths-based lens. These focus groups fostered relationships with the Black community, elucidated possible solutions to improve Black women's health and wellness, and offered direction on our research design and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"703-719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11272425/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141157496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2359393
Ivana Premasinghe, Gabriela A Nagy, Rosa M Gonzalez-Guarda, Brian E McCabe, Allison McCord Stafford
{"title":"Determining the role of acculturative stress in predicting mental health service use among Latinx immigrants.","authors":"Ivana Premasinghe, Gabriela A Nagy, Rosa M Gonzalez-Guarda, Brian E McCabe, Allison McCord Stafford","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359393","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Acculturative stress is an important factor that affects health for Latinx immigrants in the US, with multiple studies identifying a link between depression and acculturative stress in this population. However, far fewer studies have examined the specific role and relationship of acculturative stress on mental health service use in this population. Through the lens of Yang's 2016 Model of Immigrant Health Service Use, this study aimed to examine the role of acculturative stress in predicting mental health service use in a sample of Latinx immigrants in the Southeast US.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We conducted a secondary data analysis from a longitudinal study of Latinx immigrant health (<i>n</i> = 391).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study found that while total acculturative stress was not significantly associated with mental health service use in this sample, parenting stress was a significant predictor of mental health service use in the past six months when controlling for covariates (OR: 1.043, 95% CI [1.009, 1.078]). Additionally, important Predisposing and Need for Healthcare factors were significantly associated with mental health service use, specifically: males were less likely to utilize mental health services than females (OR: 0.401, 95% CI [0.166-0.968]), English language acculturation was positively associated with mental health service use (OR: 1.953, 95% CI [1.130, 3.377]), and depression was positively associated with mental health service use (OR: 1.107, 95% CI [1.027, 1.194]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings support the need for more culturally sensitive mental health services, and the need to develop strategies to engage males and less acculturated individuals in mental health services to promote health equity among Latinx immigrants.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"645-664"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11272426/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141173822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2369871
Heather R Farmer, Amy D Thierry, Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Roland J Thorpe
{"title":"An exploration of neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience resources, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older black adults.","authors":"Heather R Farmer, Amy D Thierry, Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Roland J Thorpe","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2369871","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2369871","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>While existing research has shown that Black adults have worse cognitive functioning than their White counterparts, the psychosocial correlates of cognitive functioning for Black older adults are understudied. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships among perceived neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience resources, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older Black adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were from 3,191 Black adults ages 51+ in the 2008-2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to examine associations among neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience (sense of purpose, mastery, and social support), and cognitive functioning among Black adults. Multilevel linear regression models assessed direct effects of neighborhood characteristics and psychosocial resources on cognitive functioning. We then tested whether psychosocial resources moderated the association between neighborhood characteristics and cognitive functioning.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean levels of cognitive functioning, sense of purpose, social support, and mastery were significantly related to neighborhood disorder and discohesion. Regression results showed that levels of neighborhood disorder and high discohesion were significantly associated with cognitive functioning. Sense of purpose was positively associated with cognitive functioning, net of neighborhood characteristics. However, only social support moderated the association between neighborhood discohesion and cognition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings demonstrate the importance of examining psychosocial and contextual risk and resilience resources among midlife and older Black adults. This work may inform the development of cognitive behavioral interventions aimed at increasing sense of purpose to promote and enhance cognitive resiliency among Black adults. Altogether, this work may have implications for policy aimed at advancing cognitive health equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"597-619"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11470266/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2347569
Thomas V Merluzzi, Natalia Salamanca-Balen, Errol J Philip
{"title":"Perceived discrimination and quality of life for African American and Caucasian American cancer patients: a coping mediation analysis of subtle and overt microaggressions.","authors":"Thomas V Merluzzi, Natalia Salamanca-Balen, Errol J Philip","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2347569","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2347569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Perceived discrimination (PD; e.g. racism, agism, sexism, etc.) negatively impacts quality of life (QOL) among cancer patients. Prior research has established that for African American Cancer Patients (AACPs) only disengagement/denial coping mediated the PD-QOL relationship. In contrast, for Caucasian American Cancer Patients (CACPs), both agentic and disengagement/denial coping were mediators of the PD-QOL relationship. However, according to social constraint theory there may be a difference between subtle and overt PD in terms of the utility of certain coping mechanisms in relation to QOL, especially for AACPs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>217 AACPs and 121 CACPs completed measures of PD, coping (agentic, disengagement/denial, adaptive disengagement) and QOL. PD items were classified as subtle or overt microaggressions. PD was mainly attributed to race/ethnicity by AACPs and to income, age, and physical appearance for CACPs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>: In both subtle and overt microaggression models with CACPs, agentic coping and disengagement/denial coping were significant mediators of PD-QOL. Like CACPs, for AACPs, agentic and disengagement/denial coping were significant in the context of subtle microaggressions. In contrast, for overt microaggression only disengagement/denial coping was a significant mediator of the PD-QOL relationship for AACPs. Adaptive disengagement was related to QOL only for AACPs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>: Whereas more research is needed, it appears that overt microaggressions for AACPs, that consist mainly of racial and ethnic maltreatment, constitute a class of social contexts that may raise above the threshold for serious threat and harm, and, as a result, disengagement/constraint may reduce negative consequences. This additional burden for AACPs contributes to disparities in QOL. Future research is needed on the utility of adaptive disengagement for AACPs in relation to PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"484-504"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11250902/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140861332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2346252
Yi Zhao, Lan Liu, Guo-Hui Li, Hui-Fang Li, Xia Wu, Allison Rabkin Golden, Le Cai
{"title":"Ethnic disparities in the prevalence of diabetes and its association with sleep disorder among older adults in rural southwest China.","authors":"Yi Zhao, Lan Liu, Guo-Hui Li, Hui-Fang Li, Xia Wu, Allison Rabkin Golden, Le Cai","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2346252","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2346252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to examine ethnic disparities in the prevalence of diabetes and its association with sleep disorders among the older adults Han and ethnic minority (Bai, Ha Ni, and Dai) population in rural southwest China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey of 5,642 was conducted among the rural southwest population aged ≥60 years, consisting of a structured interview and measurement of fasting blood glucose, height, weight, and waist circumference. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prevalence of diabetes and sleep disorder was 10.2% and 40.1%, respectively. Bai participants had the highest prevalence of diabetes (15.9%) and obesity (9.9%)(<i>P </i>< 0.01), while Ha Ni participants had the lowest prevalence of diabetes (5.1%) and obesity (3.4%)(<i>P </i>< 0.01). The highest prevalence of sleep disorder (48.4%) was recorded in Bai participants, while Dai participants had the lowest prevalence of sleep disorder (25.6%)(<i>P </i>< 0.01). In all four studied ethnicities, females had a higher prevalence of sleep disorder than males (<i>P </i>< 0.01), and the prevalence of sleep disorder increased with age (<i>P </i>< 0.01). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated older adults with sleep disorder had a risk of developing diabetes (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Moreover, the higher educational level, family history of diabetes, and obesity were the main risk factors for diabetes in participants (<i>P </i>< 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There are stark ethnic disparities in the prevalence of diabetes and sleep disorders in southwest China. Future diabetes prevention and control strategies should be tailored to address ethnicity, and improving sleep quality may reduce the prevalence of diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"435-446"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A qualitative exploration of facilitators and barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle among Black, Hispanic, and American Indian males with diabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Stephanie Rutledge, LaShonda Hulbert, Jasmine Charter-Harris, Akimi Smith, Michelle Owens-Gary","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359377","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2359377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Higher prevalence of several chronic diseases occurs in men in the United States, including diabetes and prediabetes. Of the 34 million adults with diabetes and 88 million with prediabetes there is a higher prevalence of both conditions in men compared to women. Black, Hispanic, and American Indian men have some of the highest rates of diabetes and diabetes complications. Adopting a healthy lifestyle including healthy eating and physical activity, is important in preventing type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This study included six focus groups that explored facilitators and barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle in Black, Hispanic, and American Indian men with diabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes. Thematic analysis was used to identify facilitators and barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants included males 18 years of age and older identifying as Black, Hispanic, or American Indian and diagnosed with prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, or otherwise at risk for type 2 diabetes. Thirty-seven men participated, 19 diagnosed with diabetes and 18 at risk for type 2 diabetes. Fourteen Black, 14 Hispanic, and 9 American Indian men participated. The themes of facilitators to a healthy lifestyle included: family and the social network; psychosocial factors; health status, health priorities and beliefs about aging; knowledge about health and healthy behavior; and healthy community resources. Themes of barriers to a healthy lifestyle also included: mistrust of the health care system, cost, and low socioeconomic status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study underscores the complexity of factors involved in adopting a healthy lifestyle for some racial and ethnic minority men with diabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"447-464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethnicity & HealthPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2024.2345916
Ardhys N De Leon, Robert D Dvorak, Jessica K Perrotte, Samantha J Klaver, Roselyn Peterson, Tatiana D Magri, Emily K Burr, Angelina V Leary, Bradley Aguilar
{"title":"The role of sociocultural factors on alcohol self-efficacy and protective drinking behaviors among Hispanic/Latinx young adults.","authors":"Ardhys N De Leon, Robert D Dvorak, Jessica K Perrotte, Samantha J Klaver, Roselyn Peterson, Tatiana D Magri, Emily K Burr, Angelina V Leary, Bradley Aguilar","doi":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2345916","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13557858.2024.2345916","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Hispanic/Latinx drinkers have been found to experience more adverse alcohol-related consequences than any other racial/ethnic group. Due to this, researchers have looked at the connection between drinking and cultural factors, alongside discrimination, to further analyze what sociocultural factors lead to negative outcomes when drinking.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Researchers used a sample of Hispanic/Latinx young adult drinkers (<i>n </i>= 710) with an average age of 22.43 (SD = 6.69), recruited through social media and assessed on several factors, including protective behavioral strategies (PBS), alcohol use severity, bicultural self-efficacy, discrimination, acculturation, and enculturation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Utilizing an observed variable path analysis, results showed perceived discrimination to have a significant effect on all variables in the model (bicultural self-efficacy, acculturation, enculturation, PBS self-efficacy, PBS use, and alcohol use severity). Acculturation was positively associated with PBS self-efficacy, while enculturation was positively associated with PBS use. PBS self-efficacy was positively correlated with PBS use and negatively associated with alcohol use severity. There was a significant total indirect effect from perceived discrimination to alcohol use severity through various paths (i.e. PBS self-efficacy, acculturation, and bicultural self-efficacy), with the strongest path to occur through PBS self-efficacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings showcase the risk and protective effects of various sociocultural factors on drinking behaviors among young adults. PBS self-efficacy was found to have robust protective effects against alcohol use severity. Future research should continue to investigate these sociocultural and behavioral factors in order to develop efforts to mitigate hazardous alcohol use among Hispanic/Latinx young adult drinkers.</p>","PeriodicalId":51038,"journal":{"name":"Ethnicity & Health","volume":" ","pages":"553-577"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140877895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}