Citation

Yee BW, Castro FG, Hammond WR, John R, Wyatt GE, Yung BR. Health Psychol. 1995; 14(7): 622-631.

Affiliation

Department of Health Promotion and Gerontology, Univesity of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1028, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8654340

Abstract

The health status and health outcomes of many ethnic minorities have remained poor, or have deteriorated, despite massive health promotion campaigns. Multiple factors that encourage ethnic minorities to engage in high-risk behaviors and those that discourage health promotive behaviors must be closely examined before any health interventions are likely to be successful in decreasing substance abuse, high-risk sex, accidental deaths and injuries, and violence. Cultural and contextual factors may put some ethnic minorities in jeopardy and at higher risk for poorer health than their White counterparts (B. W. K. Yee, 1995, in press). This review article identifies contributing factors in high-risk behaviors and highlights research gaps for Americans of African, Indian, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic descent.

Language: en