Health Care

Immigrant Minority Health:

Disparities in Self-Reported Diabetes Mellitus among Arab, Chaldean, and Black Americans in Southeast Michigan.

Hikmet Jamil, Monty Fakhouri, Florence Dallo, Thomas Templin,

Radwan Khoury, Haifa Fakhouri

Wayne State University, University of Texas

Immigrant Minority Health: Disparities in Self-Reported Diabetes Mellitus among Arab, Chaldean, and Black Americans in Southeast Michigan

Abstract

This study shows a disproportionately amount of minorities are affected by diabetes mellitus in the medical community. This study reveals statistic facts as well as documented facts. Research has consistently documented that on almost any measure, minorities have poorer health than do other groups. Not many minorities report to their primary care physician for some signs and symptoms due to diabetes mellitus. The United States population has become increasingly diverse, making it a reliable source of information on the reports of this disease. This research will show facts as to why immigrant minorities have disparities among minorities. Social, economic, and environmental factors are research to find the disparities of this deadly disease. This study examines the effects it has on three ethnic groups: Arabs, Chaldean, and Blacks. Using a cross sectional and a convenience sample, the study estimated the prevalence of self-reported diabetes for Whites. Self- reporting is by great extent experienced in many minority-dwelled communities. Diabetes is more prevalent in the black population than in white population followed by an increase in complication. Figures show why a higher mortality rate among black, specifically black women, is more seriously affected (International Association for the Study of Obesity, 1992). Obesity...