Medical Pluralism of Chinese Women Living in the United States |
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Authors: | Christine Wade Maria T Chao Fredi Kronenberg |
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Institution: | Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. wade@columbia.edu |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Traditional Chinese Medicine Minority and immigrant health Chinese-Americans Complementary and alternative medicine Acculturation |
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