移民,种族化和亚裔美国老年人的认知困难
Duy Nguyen1, Rui Liu2, Yookyong Lee3
1School of Social Work, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
概括
移民身份显著影响亚裔美国老年人 (AAOA) 的认知困难. 了解这些差异对于开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要,以支持这一多样化的人口成功老龄化.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 有限的研究探讨了亚裔美国老年人 (AAOA) 作为社会决定因素的移民地位.
- 社会历史经验和移民状况显著影响着不同老龄化人口的健康结果.
研究的目的:
- 检查社会决定因素和移民地位与AAOA认知障碍之间的关系.
- 在AAOA中识别与移民身份相关的独特的风险和保护因素,用于认知健康.
主要方法:
- 利用了2019年美国社区调查对100,584名AAOA (65岁以上) 的数据.
- 按种族 (中国人,菲律宾人,印度人,日本人,韩国人,越南人) 和移民身份 (非公民,入籍,美国出生的) 分类AAOA.
- 定义认知困难是自我报告的集中力,记忆或决策方面的问题.
主要成果:
- 在AAOA中,移民状况独立地与认知困难有关.
- 在移民状况中观察到特征 (例如年龄,保险,就业) 的显著差异.
- 认知障碍的独特保护和风险因素因移民身份而异.
结论:
- 认知困难模式显示,在AAOA人口中,根据移民身份,存在显著的差异.
- 需要文化敏感的做法来解决与移民身份相关的种族差异.
- 对结构性决定因素的进一步研究对于有效的政策和实践干预来实现AAOA中成功的衰老至关重要.
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