title: Prevention in practice. Ethnic groups.
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.
authors.affiliation: Provincial Health Officer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Etches
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diaz
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian; D044383:Black People; D003469:Culture; D007198:Indians, North American; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States