ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2007
Medical pluralism of Chinese women living in the United States.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Integrative Nutritional Counseling Versus Standard Diabetes Self-Management Education for Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes.Health equity · 2020Article
- Is Traditional Chinese Medicine "Mainstream" in China? Trends in Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Resources and Their Utilization in Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals from 2004 to 2016.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Factors Influencing Health Service Utilization Among Asian Immigrant Nail Salon Workers in the Greater New York City Area.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- U.S. Filipino Adults' Patterns of CAM Use and Medical Pluralism: Secondary Analysis of 2012 National Health Interview Survey.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2018Article
- Traditional healers, faith healers and medical practitioners: the contribution of medical pluralism to bottlenecks along the cascade of care for HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa.Sexually transmitted infections · 2017Article
- Engaging traditional medicine providers in colorectal cancer screening education in a chinese american community: a pilot study.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Article
- Exploring a Culturally Relevant Model of Cancer Prevention Involving Traditional Chinese Medicine Providers in a Chinese American Community.European journal of integrative medicine · 2014Article
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- Risk factors for breast cancer in postmenopausal Caucasian and Chinese-Canadian women.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2010Article
- Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan.BMC health services research · 2009Article
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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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