Other Titles

Global research and international collaborations in the Pacific Rim [Symposium]

Abstract

This study investigated the degree to which self-rated health varies by gender, age, socioeconomic status, acculturation, stress and discrimination, and social position among U.S. Chinese immigrants. Results revealed Chinese immigrant women and those with lower social positions and levels of education are at greater risk of experiencing health disparities.

Authors

Lisa L. Lommel

Author Details

Lisa L. Lommel, PhD, MPH, Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Chinese Immigrants, Intersectionality, Self-Rated Health

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Additional Files

download (1901 kB)

Share

COinS
 

Disparities in self-rated health among Chinese immigrants: Exploring inequality identities

Dublin, Ireland

This study investigated the degree to which self-rated health varies by gender, age, socioeconomic status, acculturation, stress and discrimination, and social position among U.S. Chinese immigrants. Results revealed Chinese immigrant women and those with lower social positions and levels of education are at greater risk of experiencing health disparities.