Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States (U.S.). Existing literature concluded that Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers endure higher rates of adverse health disparities and chronic diseases than the general U.S. population. However, research on the Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers’ modifiable health disparities (i.e., alcohol use and smoking) and cardiovascular disease risk factors (i.e., high cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and overweight/obesity) is scarce, particularly studies comparing male and female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers. PURPOSE: This meta-analysis had two aims. First, examine whether male or female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of modifiable health disparities. Second, examine whether male or female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors. METHODS: A meta-analysis of prevalence was utilized to examine whether male or female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of modifiable health disparities and cardiovascular disease risk factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of alcohol use and smoking for 95% of all comparable female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers were 0%-71% (95% CI: 0.04-0.21) and 1%-35% (95% CI: 0.04-0.12), respectively, and 2%-96% (95% CI: 0.22-0.64) and 6%-71% (95% CI: 0.19-0.39) for males, respectively. The prevalence rates for high cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and overweight/obesity for 95% of all comparable female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers were 1%-54% (95% CI: 0.04-0.15), 2%-57% (95% CI: 0.08-0.21), 3%-54% (95% CI: 0.10-0.22), and 1%-100% (95% CI: 0.26-0.84), respectively, and 5%-42% (95% CI: 0.12-0.23), 1%-63% (95% CI: 0.07-0.21), 4%-68% (95% CI: 0.15-0.31), and 1%-99% (95% CI: 0.29-0.81), respectively, for males. CONCLUSION: The meta-analysis concluded that male Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of alcohol use, smoking, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension than female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers. Female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers in the U.S. have higher rates of high cholesterol than males. However, female and male Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers have an equal prevalence of overweight/obesity. Subsequently, this meta-analysis drives and supports existing theories, fills the gap in the literature concerning the Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers’ cardiovascular health, namely modifiable health disparities and cardiovascular disease risk factors, and delivers specific inconsistencies between male and female Latino migrant seasonal farmworkers.

Date of publication

2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4379

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