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- Title
Comparison of Health and Risk Factors of Older, Working-age Australians, Italians and Italian-born Migrants to Australia, with Data from an Italian (PASSI), and an Australian (SAMSS) Risk Factor Surveillance System.
- Authors
Grande, E. Dal; Montgomerie, A.; Taylor, A. W.; Campostrini, S.; Fateh-Moghadam, P.; Battisti, L.; Barrie, H.; Kourbelis, C.
- Abstract
Italian-born migrants (post-WWII) are the largest non-English-speaking background migrant group in South Australia. A cross-sectional, inter-country comparison using independent samples (40-69 years of age) from two (one in Australia, one in Italy) similar risk factor and chronic disease surveillance systems. None of the three groups (Italians, Australian-born and Italian-born Australians) had definitively worse health although the Italians had high rates for four of the seven risk factors reported (current high blood pressure, current high cholesterol, current smoking, eating less than five fruit and/or vegetables per day) than Australian-born and Italian-born Australians. Italian-born Australians had higher rates for insufficient physical activity, overweight/obese, poor self-reported health and diabetes. Australian respondents were more likely to report having two or more drinks of alcohol per day. Issues facing an ageing population require appropriate health care needs and an assessment of structural or cultural barriers to health services.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; IMMIGRANTS; PUBLIC health surveillance; ITALIANS; CONFIDENCE intervals; AGE distribution; CROSS-sectional method; RACE; INTERVIEWING; RISK assessment; ALCOHOL drinking; BODY mass index; SMOKING; DATA analysis software; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 5, p1190
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-017-0654-9