Prevention in practice. Ethnic groups

Prim Care. 1995 Dec;22(4):713-30.

Abstract

This article focuses on people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, and the Pacific Islands. Health care providers must be aware of cultural differences, language obstacles, poverty, social isolation, and genetic conditions when treating these ethnic groups.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Asia / ethnology
  • Asian*
  • Black People
  • Black or African American*
  • Culture
  • Indians, North American*
  • Primary Prevention*
  • Risk Factors
  • United States