title: [Multiculturalism and cardiovascular diseases].
abstract: Immigration has increased drastically to the point of becoming an ordinary structure of our society. Once in Italy, the immigrant's health is compromised rapidly due to a series of conditions and illnesses that exist in our country: lack of work, inadequate salary, inappropriate residence, lacking family support, climate changes, nutritional differences. Cardiovascular illnesses represent 7.6% of the diseases of the immigrants, and cause 36.6% of deaths. The risk factors that affect the genesis of cardiovascular diseases include: subjective factors (age, ethnic group), environmental, nutritional and pathological (arterial hypertension, AIDS, tuberculosis, alcohol). The challenge for our time is to design a new solidarity model to promote cultural and social integration in order to meet the multiethnical and multiracial needs of western society. This model should permit reconsideration of doctor-patient relationship in order to build a real intercultural society.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di scienze cardiovascolari e respiratorie, Università degli Studi La Saplenza di Roma. carlo.gaudio@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudio
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corsi
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Michele
authors.forename: Bich Lien
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khatibi
authors.forename: Tesir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sciarretta
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franchitto
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mirabelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pannarale
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012307:Risk Factors