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- Title
Health Vulnerability of Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency: A Study of Older Korean Americans.
- Authors
Jang, Yuri; Yoon, Hyunwoo; Park, Nan Sook; Chiriboga, David A.
- Abstract
Objectives To examine the extent to which limited English proficiency ( LEP) poses a risk to physical and mental health, using older Korean Americans as a target population. Design Cross-sectional survey. Participants Older Korean Americans (N = 1,301). Measurements Health outcomes were indexed using binary variables covering activity limitation, self-rated health, and probable depression. Participants who reported that they spoke English less than very well were categorized as manifesting LEP. Results Approximately 71% of the sample had LEP. Those with LEP scored lower on all measures of health than their English-proficient counterparts. In multivariate models, the risk of having activity limitations was 2.72 times as great (95% confidence interval ( CI) = 1.72-4.29, P < .001), a fair or poor rating of health 2.59 times as great (95% CI = 1.91-3.49, P < .001), and probable depression 1.73 times as great (95% CI = 1.29-2.31, P < .001) in participants with LEP. Conclusion Limited English proficiency was identified as a critical source of health vulnerability. Systematic efforts should be made to reach out to older immigrants with LEP and include them in health-related research and prevention and intervention programs.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; NEW York (State); UNITED States; HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED States emigration &; immigration; CROSS-sectional method; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; EXPERIMENTAL design; HEALTH status indicators; KOREANS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; DATA analysis; ACTIVITIES of daily living; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016, Vol 64, Issue 7, p1498
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.14199