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Asian American health disparities - Coggle Diagram
Asian American health disparities
challenges
differing cultural beliefs and behaviors
unfamiliar with western health care systems
70% foreign-born--—limited English proficiency
language barrier
cancer leading cause of death but also have the lowest cancer screening rates
diagnosed usually in a late stage
extremely diverse with a lot of subgroups
Omission
left out of from nation health studies, surveys and clinical trials
creates a gap in knowledge about soecific health risks and disparities
causes
small sample sizes-—underrepresentation
limited english proficiency-—surveys not conducted in multiple languages
data collection methods
exclusion from clinical trials
aggregation
all Asian subgroups is combined into one category
masks differences in health risks and disease prevalence among subgroups
problematic because Asian Americans are a heterogenous in terms of genetics, lifestyle, diet, SES, and language--—no subgroup is really the same
lower-risk groups mask groups at higher risk, leading to misleading conclusions
extrapolation
studies for one subgroup in incorrectly applied to all asian americans
can lead to inappropriate health recommendations
inapropriate policy decisions
ex. Ni-Ho-San study- done in japeneses men, geenralized to all
exx. genetic risk vary from subgroup to subgroup
response to drug dosage can be different