Health Vulnerability of Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency: A Study of Older Korean Americans

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dc.contributor.authorJang, Yuri
dc.contributor.authorYoon, Hyunwoo
dc.contributor.authorPark, Nan Sook
dc.contributor.authorChiriboga, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-25T15:03:56Z
dc.date.available2020-03-25T15:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To examine the extent to which limited English proficiency (LEP) poses a risk to physical and mental health, using older Korean Americans as a target population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS: Older Korean Americans (N = 1,301). MEASUREMENTS: Health outcomes were indexed using binary variables covering activity limitation, self-rated health, and probable depression. Participants who reported that they spoke English less than very well were categorized as manifesting LEP. RESULTS: Approximately 71% of the sample had LEP. Those with LEP scored lower on all measures of health than their English-proficient counterparts. In multivariate models, the risk of having activity limitations was 2.72 times as great (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.72–4.29, P < .001), a fair or poor rating of health 2.59 times as great (95% CI = 1.91–3.49, P < .001), and probable depression 1.73 times as great (95% CI = 1.29–2.31, P < .001) in participants with LEP. CONCLUSION: Limited English proficiency was identified as a critical source of health vulnerability. Systematic efforts should be made to reach out to older immigrants with LEP and include them in health-related research and prevention and intervention programs.
dc.description.departmentSocial Work
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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dc.format.extent10 pages
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dc.identifier.citationJang, Y., Yoon, H., Park, N. S., & Chiriboga, D. A. (2016). Health vulnerability of immigrants with limited English proficiency: A study of older Korean Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(7), pp. 1498–1502.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14199
dc.identifier.issn1532-5415
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9507
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe American Geriatrics Society
dc.sourceJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 1498–1502.
dc.subjectolder ethnic immigrants
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectlimited English proficiency
dc.subjectSocial Work
dc.titleHealth Vulnerability of Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency: A Study of Older Korean Americans
dc.typeArticle

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