Panel IV: Risk-Taking and Abusive Behaviors Among Ethnic Minorities

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 closel...

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Published in:Health psychology 1995-12, Vol.14 (7), p.622-631
Main Authors: Yee, Barbara W. K, Castro, Felipe G, Hammond, W. Rodney, John, Robert, Wyatt, Gail Elizabeth, Yung, Betty R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indians
Asians
Black People
Drug Abuse
Ethnic groups
Factors
Health status
Human
Latinos/Latinas
Minority Groups
Racial and Ethnic Groups
Risk behaviour
Risk Taking
USA
Violence
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0278-6133
1930-7810
DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.14.7.622