[Multiculturalism and cardiovascular diseases].
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.
Gaudio
Carlo
C
Dipartimento di scienze cardiovascolari e respiratorie, Università degli Studi La Saplenza di Roma. carlo.gaudio@tiscali.it
Corsi
Filippo
F
Esposito
Cosimo
C
Di Michele
Sara
S
Nguyen
Bich Lien
BL
Khatibi
Shahrzad
S
Sciarretta
Tesir
T
Franchitto
Silvia
S
Mirabelli
Francesca
F
Pannarale
Giuseppe
G
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012307:Risk Factors