Feasibility of conducting a longitudinal, transnational study of Filipino migrants to the United States: a dual-cohort design

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• Personal Author:
  Crespi CM ; de Castro AB ; Fujishiro K ; Gee GC ; Morey BN ; Wang MC
• Description:
  Most studies of immigrant health are cross-sectional and fail to collect information prior to migration, leading to potential bias and confounding. The present pilot study examines the feasibility of studying migrants prospectively, with baseline data collected before migration. The study followed two cohorts of Filipinos for one year, a migrant cohort (n=27) that emigrated to the U.S. and a second non-migrant cohort (n=26) that remained in the Philippines. The one-year retention rate was 96%. The migrant cohort arrived in the U.S. within two months of their baseline assessment. Migrants and non-migrants did not differ with regard to body mass index, waist circumference, or waist to hip ratio at baseline or at follow- up. It is feasible to conduct a transnational, longitudinal study of two cohorts of Filipinos. This design provides important pre-migration information, is analogous to a natural experiment, can be upscaled, and allows for a rigorous examination of immigrant health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Asian American Author Keywords: Immigrant Body-weight Comparative Obesity Prospective Statistical-analysis Study Design Transnational
• ISSN:
  1049-2089
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  488-504
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047036
• Citation:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved 2015 May; 26(2):488-504
• Contact Point Address:
  Gilbert C. Gee, Ph.D. UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90077
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c6ec6cc4b4526bb8215c52922ffb82ab5630b567aa6d96e8e3dabbd1b97a9a9bef855c448b3d259173122dcf534f7ad2c10398ee5f74fa9cd0fe9c2aa2dc694
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202267/cdc_202267_DS1.pdf
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