Social Inequities in Cardiovascular Health: Unexplored Immigrant and Mobility Effects
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 15234
Special Issue Editor
Interests: social determinants of cardiovascular disease and risk factors; cardiovascualr health of immigrants; Latino health; translational social inequities research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and morbidity around the world, representing 31% of all global deaths. A rich body of research has shown that social inequities shape cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiovascular health. Social inequities are rooted in the social position and hierarchy that individuals possess due to economic resources/wealth, occupation, education, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other characteristics associated with resources, influence, prestige, and social inclusion, and which according to the World Health Organization shape where people are born, live, work, and age. This body of work has shown that specific social conditions such as neighborhood of residence, built environment characteristics, work conditions, education and income, and race/ethnicity, including racial discrimination and immigrant status, increase risk of cardiovascular disease and CVD risk factors. There has also been growing evidence that these social inequities influence disease over the life course and across generations, and translational approaches are urgently needed to more effectively stem cardiovascular disease.
In this themed issue, we build on this body of evidence and seek research studies that explicitly examine how these social conditions pattern health in immigrant groups. We are especially interested in studies that examine social inequities in cardiovascular disease and risk factors for immigrant groups or mobility patterns for which we have limited empirical evidence, such as second-generation Latinos, Asian Americans or African-origin groups living in the United States, emerging immigrant groups in Europe, and cross-national migration in developing nations. There is also emerging evidence to suggest that patterns in cardiovascular health may differ for older vs. younger immigrants and that in recent decades, patterns in cardiovascular health for immigrants have converged with their native-born counterparts. We welcome studies exploring emerging patterns in cardiovascular health, especially given rising tensions in immigrant-related policies and the globalization of the obesity and diabetes epidemic.
We hope you will contribute to this Special Issue and advance a more nuanced, timely understanding of how and for whom social conditions are shaping inequities in cardiovascular disease for immigrants and their descendants around the globe.
Dr. Sandra Echeverria
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cardiovascular risk factors
- Social determinants
- Immigrants
- Health and nonhealth policies
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