Ethnic Differences in Adaptation: Sino-Vietnamese Refugees in the United States

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Desbarats
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees

Ethnic Differences in Adaptation: Sino- Vietnamese Refugees in the United States

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Desbarats
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Chinese Ethnicity ◽  
Chinese Group

This article examines the differences in adaptive behavior manifested by Sino-Vietnamese and ethnic Vietnamese refugees resettled in two major areas of the United States. Contingency analyses of a survey of 602 refugees interviewed in Illinois and California confirm the disadvantage of the Chinese group with respect to both acculturation and economic self-sufficiency variables. Although the two groups differ statistically in their pre-arrival characteristics and encountered somewhat different socioeconomic circumstances in the course of resettlement, adaptive differences remain after pre-arrival characteristics and resettlement context have been controlled. The adverse effect of Chinese ethnicity on adaptation is especially noticeable for the refugee expected to be most adaptable by virtue of their more favorable socioeconomic backgrounds and of the more facilitative circumstances of their resettlement.

scholarly journals IMPROVING HYPERTENSION CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES: UNDERSTANDING RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN THE BLOOD PRESSURE CASCADE

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
pp. 1475
Author(s):  
Rahul Aggarwal ◽  
Nicholas Chiu ◽  
Rishi Wadhera ◽  
Andrew Moran ◽  
Changyu Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hypertension Control ◽  
Racial Ethnic

A Critical Transnational Perspective to Asian America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen Le Espiritu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Rights Discourse

Much of the early scholarship in Asian American studies sought to establish that Asian Americans have been crucial to the making of the US nation and thus deserve full inclusion into its polity. This emphasis on inclusion affirms the status of the United States as the ultimate protector and provider of human welfare, and narrates the Asian American subject by modern civil rights discourse. However, the comparative cases of Filipino immigrants and Vietnamese refugees show how Asian American racial formation has been determined not only by the social, economic, and political forces in the United States but also by US colonialism, imperialism, and wars in Asia.

scholarly journals Measuring and explaining racial and ethnic differences in willingness to donate live kidneys in the United States

2013 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanjala S. Purnell ◽  
Neil R. Powe ◽  
Misty U. Troll ◽  
Nae-Yuh Wang ◽  
Carlton Haywood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Differences ◽  
Willingness To Donate

Abstract MP20: Ethnic Differences in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Diagnosis Among Blacks in the United States

Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishit Patel ◽  
Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb ◽  
Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran ◽  
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stroke Diagnosis

Ethnicity and hypertension

ESC CardioMed ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 2895-2898
Author(s):  
Bert-Jan van den Born ◽  
Charles Agyemang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
European Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hypertension Prevalence ◽  
Blocking Agents ◽  
Pressure Lowering ◽  
And Control

Worldwide, large differences exist in the prevalence of hypertension and hypertension-related complications, both along geographic boundaries and between different ethnic groups. Urbanization and dietary changes have led to a genuine increase in hypertension prevalence in many low- and middle-income countries, whereas migration has been associated with disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in different, large multi-ethnic populations in Europe and the United States. Depending on the geographic area and definition of ethnicity, results can be quite heterogeneous and are susceptible to generalization. However, data in both Europe and the United States consistently show higher prevalence rates of hypertension and hypertension-related complications in populations of West African descent. These ethnic differences in hypertension susceptibility may in part be attributable to quantitative differences in other risk factors such as obesity and dietary salt intake, but may also relate to differences in pathophysiological traits, particularly increased salt sensitivity and vascular contractility. This may also explain the better blood pressure-lowering potential of salt restriction and of pharmacological treatment with diuretics and calcium channel blocking agents, whereas renin–angiotensin system blockers and beta-blocking agents are in general less effective. The European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology Guidelines recommend to start with calcium channel blockers or a thiazide diuretic for the treatment of hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations if no other compelling indications are present, while there is a lack of evidence that ethnicity should influence the preference for particular blood pressure-lowering combinations. The realization that ethnic differences in hypertension prevalence and treatment response exist may help to increase our understanding of the complex pathophysiology of hypertension and improve strategies aimed at the selection and control of hypertensive patients with different ethnic background.

Racial and ethnic differences in genetic counseling experiences and outcomes in the United States: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-165
Author(s):  
Sabrina V. Southwick ◽  
Riley Esch ◽  
Rachel Gasser ◽  
Deborah Cragun ◽  
Krista Redlinger‐Grosse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Genetic Counseling ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Differences
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