title: Racial Disparities in Behavior Risk Factors and Diabetes Preventive Health Care among Asian/Pacific Islanders with Type 2 Diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate behavior risk factors and diabetes preventive health care among Asian/Pacific Islanders (API) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based telephone survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  APIs and non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) surveyed in the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diabetes preventive health care (taking insulin, taking educational classes, receiving flu shot and pneumococcal vaccine, blood sugar check, cholesterol check, HbA1C check, and eye and foot examination), behavior risk factors (fruit and vegetable consumption, physical exercise, smoking and binge drinking).
  
  
  RESULTS
  By constructing the logistic regression model, odds ratios (OR) were calculated to compare the risk factors and preventive care between NHW and API groups. Compared with NHW, the APIs were significantly less likely to check their blood sugar at least once a day (OR = .59, 95% CI = .393-.886), got flu shots (OR = .597, 95% CI = .394-.903) and have had pneumococcal vaccines (OR = .455, 95% CI = .296-.7). The results also showed that APIs eat more fruits, are more likely to be physically active, and are less likely to participate in binge drinking and smoking. There are no differences between these two groups for diabetes education, having seen professionals for diabetes within past year, having cholesterol or HbA1C checked in past year, and having an eye or foot exam in past year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results can inform the best intervention strategies to deliver diabetes preventive health care services for the APIs with type 2 diabetes and to help NHWs reduce risk factors for diabetes.
authors.forename: Jianfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Fengxia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander / Q000523:psychology*; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000208:ethnology; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*