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Swami, Shobhana.

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Minority health: Social inequalities, stressors, and self-rated health.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Minority health: Social inequalities, stressors, and self-rated health./
Author:	Swami, Shobhana.
Description:	123 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Andre Christie-Mizell.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-12A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3156866
ISBN:	9780496175802

Minority health: Social inequalities, stressors, and self-rated health.
Swami, Shobhana.

Minority health: Social inequalities, stressors, and self-rated health. - 123 p.

Adviser: Andre Christie-Mizell.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Akron, 2004.

Utilizing data from the Midlife Development in the United States: Survey of Minority Groups (1995--96), I explore disparities in physical and mental health for four groups: (1) African Americans; (2) Mexicans; (3) Puerto Ricans; and (4) Dominicans. Specifically, I investigate whether socioeconomic status, general and race-related stressors vary in the process of shaping health outcomes for these groups. Once controlling for other relevant variables (i.e., general and race-related stressors), socioeconomic status is not a strong predictor of self-rated physical health. Nevertheless, Puerto Ricans who have low-income status do experience less positive physical health outcomes. With regard to self-rated physical health and general stressors, financial strain is negatively associated to outcomes for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans. While negative life events are inversely related for Puerto Ricans. With regard to race-related stressors, Mexicans experience worse physical health as a result of major discrimination and perceived racism. The physical health of Dominicans is negatively affected by perceptions of racism. As expected age is inversely related to physical health for all four groups, while being male is positively related to physical health for the three Hispanics groups. In addition, for Puerto Ricans, never married individuals enjoy better physical health than those who are married.

ISBN: 9780496175802Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

Minority health: Social inequalities, stressors, and self-rated health.
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520 $a Utilizing data from the Midlife Development in the United States: Survey of Minority Groups (1995--96), I explore disparities in physical and mental health for four groups: (1) African Americans; (2) Mexicans; (3) Puerto Ricans; and (4) Dominicans. Specifically, I investigate whether socioeconomic status, general and race-related stressors vary in the process of shaping health outcomes for these groups. Once controlling for other relevant variables (i.e., general and race-related stressors), socioeconomic status is not a strong predictor of self-rated physical health. Nevertheless, Puerto Ricans who have low-income status do experience less positive physical health outcomes. With regard to self-rated physical health and general stressors, financial strain is negatively associated to outcomes for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans. While negative life events are inversely related for Puerto Ricans. With regard to race-related stressors, Mexicans experience worse physical health as a result of major discrimination and perceived racism. The physical health of Dominicans is negatively affected by perceptions of racism. As expected age is inversely related to physical health for all four groups, while being male is positively related to physical health for the three Hispanics groups. In addition, for Puerto Ricans, never married individuals enjoy better physical health than those who are married.
520 $a In terms of self-rated mental health and socioeconomic status, controlling for relevant variables, having less than a high school education is related to poor psychological adjustments for Dominicans. Gainful employment improves the mental health of Puerto Ricans. With regard to mental health and general stressors, financial strain is negatively related to mental health for African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans. Two forms of race-related stressors impact mental health of Puerto Ricans in this study. First, perceptions of day-to-day discrimination result in poorer mental health. Second, levels of perceived racism boosts mental health prospects. Demographic variables also contribute to racial disparities in mental health. As with physical health, age is inversely related to mental health for all four groups, while being male is positively related to psychological well-being for the three Hispanic groups. In terms of marital status, marriage protects the mental health of African Americans, but is inversely related to mental health outcomes for Puerto Ricans.
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520 $a Thus, the results of this study indicate that there are indeed racial/ethnic variations in self-rated health and that these variations are in part a function of minority status. In terms of health disparities, race matters and further, minority health disparities are complex.
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