Abstract
Reed, D. (School of Public Health, Univ. of Texas, P. O. Box 20186, Astrodome Station, Houston, Texas 77025), D. Labarthe and R. Stallones. Health effects of westernization and migration among Chamorros. Amer. J. Epid., 1970, 92: 94-112.-This study is an epidemiologic exploration of the relationship between disease and sociocultural discontinuity among three groups of Chamorro natives of the Mariana Islands. Although similar in genetic background, the three groups have had different sociocultural experiences by virtue of their residence on Rota, Guam and California. As a test of the hypothesis that migration and westernization are associated with an increased prevalence of a variety of diseases among adult Chamorros, we examined over 1,200 individuals. A 24-hour dietary survey was completed for a subsample in each area, and 10-year mortality data were obtained in Guam and California. The results documented the differences of the three groups in terms of migration, mobility and sociocultural orientation. The prevalence of disease characteristics was not consistent among the areas, but followed several patterns. Geographic analysis showed that the frequencies of the most specific measures of disease, except for those related to coronary heart disease, were similar in all three areas. Analysis of sociocultural and illness variables, as characteristics of individuals independent of geographic area, failed to show association of any disease variable with any measure of mobility or sociocultural orientation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 673-691 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | American journal of epidemiology |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 1995 |
Funding
Houston. 1Heart Disease and Stroke Control Program, USPHS, San Francisco, Calif. Reprint requests to: School of Public Health, University of Texas, P. 0. Box 20186, Astrodome Station, Houston, Texas 77025 (Dr. Reed). £on-Bl/ ^ e r t Worth, School of Public Health, This study was supported by the National In-University of Hawaii proved the Peace Corps Btitute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke census of Rota. Dr. Jean Hankin University of (NINDS), National Institutes of Health, Con-California School of Public Healthy Berkeley, tract No. PH-43-68^6. This paper is based in conducted the dietary survey John Hoben, Pro-part on a PhX>. thesis submitted by the senior grammer, University of California School of author to the University of California (Berkeley). Public Health, conducted the computer analyses.
Keywords
- Acculturation
- Cardiovascular disease
- Epidemiology
- Health
- Migrants
- Nutrition surveys
- Social mobility
- Stress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
