Héctor E. Alcalá|Stephanie L. Albert|Dylan H. Roby|Jacob Beckerman|Philippe Champagne|Ron Brookmeyer|Michael Prelip|Deborah Glik|Moira Inkelas|Rosa Elenna Garcia|Alexander N. Ortega
Access to Care and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
cardiovascular disease cvd leading killer americans cvd understudied among latinos high levels cvd risk factors study aimed determine whether access health care ie insurance status usual source care associated 4 cvd prevention factors ie health care utilization cvd screening information received health care providers lifestyle factors among latino adults evaluate whether associations depended cvd clinical riskdiseasedata collected part communityengaged food environment intervention study east los angeles boyle heights ca logistic regressions fitted insurance status usual source care predictors 4 cvd prevention factors controlling demographics analyses repeated interactions selfreported cvd clinical riskdisease access care measuresaccess health care significantly increased odds cvd prevention usual source care associated factors prevention whereas insured associated factors prevention cvd clinical riskdisease moderate associationsalthough efforts reduce cvd risk among latinos affordable care act could impactful might limited impact curbing cvd among latinos via laws expansion insurance coverage cvd prevention efforts must expand beyond provision insurance effectively lower cvd rates