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. 1997 Sep 1;88(5):337–345. [Article in French] doi: 10.1007/BF03403902

Le lien entre le lieu de naissance et certaines caractéristiques de santé en Ontario

Joceline Pomerleau 112,✉, Truls Østbye 212
PMCID: PMC6990365  PMID: 9440996

Résumé

Le lien entre le lieu de naissance et certaines caractéristiques de santé chez la population ontarienne a été étudié au moyen des données de l’Enquête sur la santé en Ontario de 1990. Les répondants adultes ont été catégorisés selon leur région, sous-région et pays de naissance. Des analyses de régression logistique et linéaire multiples ont indiqué que les immigrants étaient moins fréquemment obèses que les Canadiens d’origine (rapport de cotes [RC] = 0,75, intervalle de confiance [IC] 0,63–0,90), et que les Asiatiques en particulier étaient moins fréquemment obèses (RC=0,56, IC 0,34–0,91). Les Asiatiques avaient aussi plus souvent un indice de masse corporelle faible (RC=3,40 (2,11–5,50)). Les immigrants rapportaient moins fréquemment un problème de santé que les Canadiens d’origine (RC=0,74; IC 0,62–0,88) mais percevaient leur santé plus négativement. Le lieu de naissance influence certaines caractéristiques de santé de la population ontarienne. Les différences observées doivent être approfondies afin de développer des soins de santé adaptés aux besoins de la population multi-culturelle ontarienne.

Footnotes

Au cours de ce projet, Joceline Pomerleau était soutenue financièrement par une bourse de formation du Ministère de la Santé de l’Ontario. Elle est présentement soutenue par une bourse post-doctorale du Conseil des Recherches Médicales du Canada.

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