TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison of Common Health Indicators From Two Surveys of Latinos in the Bronx, New York
AU - Crossa, Aldo
AU - Jessup, Jillian
AU - Liu, Sze Yan
AU - Isasi, Carmen R.
AU - Hanna, David B.
AU - Hua, Simin
AU - He, Fangtao
AU - Seligson, Amber Levanon
AU - Lim, Sungwoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Introduction: Population health surveys inform and demonstrate the impact of public health policies. However, the performance of such surveys in specific groups of interest (e.g., Hispanics/Latinos in a neighborhood of New York City) is rarely studied. Method: We compared measures for obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking based on the New York City Community Health Survey (CHS, a telephone survey of New York City adults) with the Hispanic Community Health Survey/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), an in-person survey of Hispanic/Latino adults in four communities in the United States (2008-2011), including the Bronx. CHS data were limited to Hispanic/Latinos living in the HCHS/SOL Bronx catchment area. Results: Compared with CHS, HCHS/SOL estimated higher prevalence of obesity (in HCHS/SOL, PHCHS/SOL = 45.0% vs. in CHS, PCHS = 30.6%, p <.01) and current smoking (PHCHS/SOL = 21.2% vs. PCHS = 16.2%, p <.01) but similar for hypertension (PHCHS/SOL = 33.1% vs. PCHS = 33.8%, p >.05) and diabetes (PHCHS/SOL = 15.2% vs. PCHS = 15.7%, p >.05). Stratified estimates (by age, sex, education, and Hispanic/Latino heritage) followed similar trends. Conclusion: Our study emphasizes the importance of assessing potential bias in population-based surveys of Hispanics/Latinos and other populations of interest and highlights the complex nature of measuring health outcomes via population-based surveys.
AB - Introduction: Population health surveys inform and demonstrate the impact of public health policies. However, the performance of such surveys in specific groups of interest (e.g., Hispanics/Latinos in a neighborhood of New York City) is rarely studied. Method: We compared measures for obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking based on the New York City Community Health Survey (CHS, a telephone survey of New York City adults) with the Hispanic Community Health Survey/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), an in-person survey of Hispanic/Latino adults in four communities in the United States (2008-2011), including the Bronx. CHS data were limited to Hispanic/Latinos living in the HCHS/SOL Bronx catchment area. Results: Compared with CHS, HCHS/SOL estimated higher prevalence of obesity (in HCHS/SOL, PHCHS/SOL = 45.0% vs. in CHS, PCHS = 30.6%, p <.01) and current smoking (PHCHS/SOL = 21.2% vs. PCHS = 16.2%, p <.01) but similar for hypertension (PHCHS/SOL = 33.1% vs. PCHS = 33.8%, p >.05) and diabetes (PHCHS/SOL = 15.2% vs. PCHS = 15.7%, p >.05). Stratified estimates (by age, sex, education, and Hispanic/Latino heritage) followed similar trends. Conclusion: Our study emphasizes the importance of assessing potential bias in population-based surveys of Hispanics/Latinos and other populations of interest and highlights the complex nature of measuring health outcomes via population-based surveys.
KW - Latino health
KW - diabetes
KW - hypertension
KW - obesity
KW - population survey
KW - smoking
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U2 - 10.1177/1540415320902372
DO - 10.1177/1540415320902372
M3 - Article
C2 - 31994417
AN - SCOPUS:85078751562
SN - 1540-4153
VL - 18
SP - 71
EP - 76
JO - Hispanic Health Care International
JF - Hispanic Health Care International
IS - 2
ER -
