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OBJECTIVE:To assess risk factors for cardiovascular disease, barriers to health care, and desired health care education topics for Hispanics in the coastal region of South Carolina known as the Lowcountry. METHODS:174 Hispanic adults were surveyed at visits at the Mexican consulate using a novel interview instrument. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was compared to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an annual telephone survey, to evaluate the validity of the survey instrument. RESULTS:Results are comparable to the BRFSS telephone study of the Hispanics in the same area. However, participants in our study were older (Age > 35 = 41.4% vs. 34.9%) and reported fewer years of formal education (higher level education = 12.9% vs. 44.2%). Cost of care (72.8%) and language barriers (46.8%) were the main difficulties reported in obtaining health care access. The main educational topics of interest were diabetes (61.5%), hypertension (43.7%), stress (42.5%), and cardiac disease (40.2%). CONCLUSION:Our study supports the evidence that there is a demand and need for cardiovascular disease and diabetes education among Hispanics. Our study also shows that a large proportion of Hispanics experience barriers to health care. and that large telephone studies may underrepresent higher risk Hispanic populations.
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Ethn Disjournal_title
Ethnicity & diseaseauthors
McElligott K,McElligott J,Rivell G,Rolfe R,Sharpe R,Lambright K,Charles Lsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-04-01 00:00:00pages
155-61issue
2eissn
1049-510Xissn
1945-0826journal_volume
24pub_type
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journal_title：Ethnicity & disease
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pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Ethnicity & disease
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Ethnicity & disease
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更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Ethnicity & disease
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更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
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