TY - JOUR
T1 - Bangladeshi immigrants in New York City
T2 - A community based health needs assessment of a hard to reach population
AU - Patel, Viraj V.
AU - Rajpathak, Swapnil
AU - Karasz, Alison
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge Dr. Jean Burg, the Westchester Square Partnership, and the community health promoters for their invaluable assistance. This work was partially supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (Westchester Square Partnership 5R21MH083892-02), and an Empire Clinical Research fellowship from New York State Department of Health.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - South Asians, particularly Bangladeshis, are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the U.S. Limited data exist regarding the health needs of Bangladeshis in the U.S. More data are needed to guide health intervention efforts for this community. To help address this gap, we conducted a community-based health needs assessment survey among women in a Bangladeshi population living in Bronx, NY. Community health promoters conducted a door-to-door household survey and collected data from 167 women, an approach that yielded a participation rate over 90%. Over half reported fair or poor health and 36.5% screened positive for risk of depression. Only 35% had engaged in physical activity over the past month. 60% reported never having received a pap smear. Using WHO guidelines for BMI, 74% were either overweight or obese. Age-standardized prevalence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension were 15.4 and 36.5% respectively. In a multivariable logistic regression model, age and percent lifetime in the U.S. were independently associated with having diabetes. Poor health behaviors and high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors observed in this group suggest the need for early health promotion and prevention interventions.
AB - South Asians, particularly Bangladeshis, are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the U.S. Limited data exist regarding the health needs of Bangladeshis in the U.S. More data are needed to guide health intervention efforts for this community. To help address this gap, we conducted a community-based health needs assessment survey among women in a Bangladeshi population living in Bronx, NY. Community health promoters conducted a door-to-door household survey and collected data from 167 women, an approach that yielded a participation rate over 90%. Over half reported fair or poor health and 36.5% screened positive for risk of depression. Only 35% had engaged in physical activity over the past month. 60% reported never having received a pap smear. Using WHO guidelines for BMI, 74% were either overweight or obese. Age-standardized prevalence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension were 15.4 and 36.5% respectively. In a multivariable logistic regression model, age and percent lifetime in the U.S. were independently associated with having diabetes. Poor health behaviors and high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors observed in this group suggest the need for early health promotion and prevention interventions.
KW - Bangladeshi
KW - Community based participatory research
KW - Needs assessment
KW - South Asian immigrants
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-011-9555-5
DO - 10.1007/s10903-011-9555-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 22116745
AN - SCOPUS:84871792952
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 14
SP - 767
EP - 773
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 5
ER -
