Cardiovascular diseases in European ethnic minorities: Beyond the traditional cardiovascular risk factors

作     者：Mohamed Bamoshmoosh 

作者机构：Department of CardiologyUniversity of Science and TechnologyAden 0Yemen Department of CardiologyFanfani Clinical Research InstituteFlorence 50100Italy 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Cardiology》 (世界心脏病学杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第16卷第3期

页      面：98-103页

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 100402[医学-劳动卫生与环境卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular risk factors European ethnic minorities Social determinants of health 

摘      要：This editorial is intended to be a reflection on cardiovascular disease(CVD)burden in European ethnic *** some European countries,ethnic minority realities,due to their recent appearance,are still to be studied in *** experience of several European countries,where the migration processes started earlier,even more than a century ago,can help by being an *** studies have shown that major differences in CVD burden exist not only between countries,but also within the same country when considering different social strata and ethnic *** CV risk factors underlying heart disease have been well *** epidemiological studies have helped us understand that the underlying causes of heart disease as well as the behaviors that can help prevent them are the *** are now well aware that CVD should be treated by considering a holistic *** is why the social determinants(SDs)of health that may worsen the disease burden or that,vice versa,may improve the treatment,and even more significantly,the prognosis of a patient’s illness should be taken into *** ethnic minority patients,this holistic,hermeneutic approach is of *** SDs of health that influence CVDs have been identified but their relevance for the health of ethnic minorities has not yet been clearly *** some European countries,most ethnic minorities are largely also religious *** a few studies have evaluated the role of religion,which is an important SD that affects the probability of having CV risk factors and ***,particularly those belonging to the second generation,seem to be the weak *** we believe that these young people are really citizens of their country of birth,then a way of recognizing their belonging to the community starts from a will to better understand their condition,in order to assist them while they grow physically and *** about safeguarding the health of this population