Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors,and Health Conditions of Dominican Adults Living in Puerto Rico |
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| Authors: | Martha Tamez Carlos F. Ríos-Bedoya José F. Rodríguez-Orengo Katherine L. Tucker Josiemer Mattei |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Nutrition,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,Boston,USA;2.Fundación de Investigación de Puerto Rico,San Juan,USA;3.Department of Internal Medicine,Hurley Medical Center,Flint,USA;4.Department of Biochemistry,School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico,Río Piedras,USA;5.Department of Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences,University of Massachusetts Lowell,Lowell,USA |
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| Abstract: | Dominicans are the largest migrant community in Puerto Rico, yet understudied. We compared risk factors and health conditions of Dominicans versus Puerto Ricans (PRs). Cross-sectional survey of Dominicans (n?=?55) and PRs (n?=?310) aged 30–75 years, assessed with validated questionnaires and standardized anthropometric measurements. Significantly, more Dominicans than PRs had attained <8th grade education (37.7 vs. 8.0%), reported household income ≤$10,000 (76.1 vs. 56.9%), lacked health insurance (19.6 vs. 5.5%), and reported food insecurity (24.5 vs. 12.1%). They spent fewer hours/day watching television (2.9 vs. 3.8), and were less likely to smoke (7.6 vs. 19.6%). Medically-diagnosed depression was lower among Dominicans than PRs (9.6 vs. 23.0%); questionnaire-based high depressive symptomatology was similar (47.9 vs. 52.8%). Dominicans living in Puerto Rico had more socioeconomic risk factors but healthier lifestyle behaviors and lower prevalence of medically-diagnosed depression than PRs. Tailored approaches are needed to ameliorate disparities in each ethnic group. |
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