ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2012
The social meanings of traditional Chinese medicine: elderly Chinese immigrants' health practice in the United States.
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- Exploring the Determinants of Food Choice in Chinese Mainlanders and Chinese Immigrants: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- The Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine Among Chinese Seniors in Canada and the United States: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- How does bitterness perception correlate with the intention to use traditional Chinese medicine? An analysis of double-edged sword effects based on the stimuli-organism-response framework.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Influence of Message Framing on Elderly Tourists' Purchase Intentions of Health Services: A Case Study of Guangxi Bama.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- What determines immigrant caregivers' adherence to health recommendations from child primary care services? A grounded theory approach.Primary health care research & development · 2019Article
- Heart healthy integrative nutritional counseling (H2INC): Creating a Chinese medicine + western medicine patient education curriculum for Chinese Americans.Patient education and counseling · 2018Article
- Self-management Following a Cardiac Event in People of Chinese Ethnicity Living in Western Countries: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Engaging traditional medicine providers in colorectal cancer screening education in a chinese american community: a pilot study.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Article
- Towards a conceptual model of diabetes self-management among Chinese immigrants in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- A comparison of traditional food and health strategies among Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2013Article
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Abstract
We situate elderly Chinese immigrants' utilization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in social contexts (e.g., family and social networks), exploring how TCM is used as a tool, a resource, and a product of meaning-construction in their everyday life. We conducted in in-depth interviews with 20 elderly Chinese immigrants in the United State, exploring the complexity of their understanding and practice of TCM. We used grounded theory to identify the set of meanings that are particular to elderly Chinese immigrants' use of TCM as a part of their health practice. For our participants, TCM is not just a resource for illness management. Instead, incorporating TCM in their health practice allows them to: (a) perform and reaffirm their cultural identity as Chinese, (b) maintain their moral status and fulfill their social roles, and (c) pass down health knowledge and cultural heritage. Clinical implications were discussed.
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