アジア系アメリカ人の高齢者の食糧不安:傾向について
Lilly Nhan1, Lisa G Rosas2,3, Lan Xiao2
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095.
Public health nutrition
|August 27, 2025
まとめ
食料不安は,特にベトナムのサブグループである,高齢のアジア系アメリカ人 (AA) に不釣り合いな影響を及ぼします. 2011年から2018年にかけて,高齢のAAの流行は増加し,若いAAの流行は減少した.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
- ゲロントロジー
背景:
- 食糧不安は,アジア系アメリカ人 (AA) に関する研究が限られている重要な公衆衛生問題です.
- AAサブグループ内の格差を理解することは,標的型介入にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- カリフォルニアのアジア系アメリカ人の食糧不足の年齢と民族の違いを調査する.
- この集団における食糧不安に関連した社会人口学的要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 2011年から2018年のカリフォルニアの健康面接調査データを活用した.
- AAサブグループ (中国人,フィリピン人,韓国人,ベトナム人) の間で,年齢カテゴリー (18-39歳,40-59歳,60歳以上) による食糧不安の流行を分析した.
- 傾向と関連性を評価するために,キ2テストと移動平均を使用した.
主要な成果:
- 食糧不足の発生率は,民族的サブグループと年齢によって著しく変化し,高齢のベトナム人の割合が最高であった (26%).
- 2011~14年と2015~18年の間,高齢者の間で食糧不安の顕著な増加 (20~45%) が観察され,これは若い成人の減少傾向と対照的です.
- 外国生まれの地位と英語以外の母国語は,より高い食糧不安に関連していました.
結論:
- アジア系アメリカ人の高齢者は 特にベトナムの高齢者は 食料不足のリスクが高くなります
- 文化に敏感で 地域社会が関与する研究は アジア系アメリカ人の高齢者に対する 効果的な緩和戦略の開発に不可欠です
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