Medical pluralism of Chinese women living in the United States

被引：30
作者：
Wade C. [1 ]
Chao M.T. [1 ]
Kronenberg F. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Richard Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
来源：
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 2007年 / 9卷 / 4期
基金：
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词：
Acculturation; Chinese-Americans; Complementary and alternative medicine; Minority and immigrant health; Traditional Chinese Medicine;
D O I：
10.1007/s10903-007-9038-x
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摘要：
This study provides national prevalence estimates for complementary and alternative (CAM) use, visits to doctors for health problems, and the effects of acculturation on health practices in Chinese women living in the United States. A national telephone survey of 3,172 women on their use of complementary and alternative medicine was conducted in 2001. This study focuses on a subsample of 804 Chinese-American women who were asked about health practices and service utilization. Interviews were conducted in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. Forty-one percent of Chinese-American women used some form of CAM in 2001. Socio-economic status, a common predictor of CAM use in other studies of the general population in the United States, did not predict use in this sample. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is used across acculturation levels. As Chinese women adapt to American culture they tend to use a greater variety of healthcare practices and to adopt mainstream CAM practices, but they also continue to use TCM. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
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页码：255 / 267
页数：12
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