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OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine January 2023 Perspective Highlights Reflections Innovation and Technology Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Global Local Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Article of the Month Video of the Month Our Beautiful Planet Welcome Congratulations Among the Letters Global Health Family Calendar Photo News Photo Gallery Resources attributed to CVD, which is around 659,000 Americans every year (CDC, 2022). As the number one killer in the U.S., it further emphasizes the importance of studying heart disease and its current status. Additionally, heart disease has the largest economic toll on the U.S. healthcare system, costing $216 billion per year and leading to $147 billion in lost productivity (CDC, 2022). The impact of CVD clearly extends beyond individual health and impacts many other aspects of society. According to a 2017 study by RTI International, costs related to this disease are expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2035. These increasing costs will only further put a strain on the already inefficient American health care system, especially as the vulnerable population continues to increase. Heart disease has a wide impact in the U.S., but not all people are impacted the same. There are many social factors that play major roles in how likely a person is to suffer from CVD, especially socioeconomic status, race & ethnicity, immigration, and stress. When analyzing how different populations experience heart disease, South Asians in the U.S. are at heightened risk compared to the general population. In a 2006 study published by the American Heart Association, South Asians had the highest CHD mortality compared to those of European or Chinese descent (Gupta, Singh, and Verma, 2006). This group includes those with roots in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and has such a diversity of culture as well as lifestyles which makes this issue particularly interesting. As a person of South Asian descent, I feel particularly passionate about this issue as it deals with my own life and has personal implications. One of the key risk factors for heart disease includes stress, which can be heightened by educational and occupational events. Immigrants from Asia have the highest median household income among all groups in the U.S. (Hanna and 22 Ebola continued on next page >>
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine January 2023 Perspective Batalova, 2021), and significant levels of education (Pew, 2018). Current evidence indicates that higher levels of cholesterol and presence of diabetes may play a role, but the relation to stressors has not truly been investigated. Given the overall success of the South Asian population in the U.S., it makes this problem ever so interesting to see if these stressors are at all related to measures of “success.” From personal experience, educational attainment is reinforced throughout childhood and could lead to increased pressures later in life that contribute to a higher incidence of heart disease among the population. I would like to use observations from my own life combined with current data to determine whether any significant relations exists among these factors. In the coming weeks, I will be crafting a preliminary research document outlining data source, measurement, directed acyclic graph (DAG), and potential implications. Highlights Reflections Innovation and Technology Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Global Local Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Article of the Month Video of the Month Our Beautiful Planet Welcome Congratulations Among the Letters Global Health Family Calendar Photo News Photo Gallery Resources St. Patrick’s Catherdral, New York City (Olwen Gurry) 23 Ebola continued on next page >>
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