TY - CHAP
T1 - Ethnic, racial and migrant inequalities in respiratory health
AU - Tibble, Holly
AU - Daines, Luke
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ERS 2023.
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - Disparities in the incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality rates of many respiratory diseases are evident between ethnic groups. Biological, cultural, and environmental factors related to ethnicity can all contribute to the differences in respiratory health observed between ethnic minority groups, but inequalities observed are most commonly due to lower socio-economic status. People who migrate within a country or across an international border may experience an improvement in respiratory health associated with improvements in socioeconomic status. However, migrants may also experience worse health outcomes in destination countries, as they are faced by barriers in language and culture, discrimination, exclusion, and limited access to health services. Whilst some high quality studies investigating ethnicity and respiratory health are available, further research into ethnic differences is needed. Improving the recording of ethnicity in health records, addressing barriers to accessing respiratory health care and improving cultural literacy more generally are some of the ways that inequalities can be tackled.
AB - Disparities in the incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality rates of many respiratory diseases are evident between ethnic groups. Biological, cultural, and environmental factors related to ethnicity can all contribute to the differences in respiratory health observed between ethnic minority groups, but inequalities observed are most commonly due to lower socio-economic status. People who migrate within a country or across an international border may experience an improvement in respiratory health associated with improvements in socioeconomic status. However, migrants may also experience worse health outcomes in destination countries, as they are faced by barriers in language and culture, discrimination, exclusion, and limited access to health services. Whilst some high quality studies investigating ethnicity and respiratory health are available, further research into ethnic differences is needed. Improving the recording of ethnicity in health records, addressing barriers to accessing respiratory health care and improving cultural literacy more generally are some of the ways that inequalities can be tackled.
U2 - 10.1183/2312508X.10021622
DO - 10.1183/2312508X.10021622
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
T3 - ERS Monograph
SP - 26
EP - 39
BT - Inequalities in Respiratory Health
A2 - Sinha, Ian P.
A2 - Lee, Alice
A2 - Katikireddi, S. Vittal
A2 - Quint, Jennifer K.
PB - European Respiratory Society
CY - Sheffield
ER -