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Complementary and Alternative Medical Service Use for Mental Health Problems among Chinese Americans: The Roles of Acculturation-related Factors
Society and Mental Health ( IF 3.615 ) Pub Date : 2018-10-12 , DOI: 10.1177/2156869318804304
Lin Zhu 1
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The author used data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys to examine the 12-month prevalence and predictors of the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) relative to conventional Western medical services among Chinese Americans. The author examined the differences in service utilization patterns between Chinese Americans and non-Hispanic whites and the effects of acculturation factors such as generational status and English proficiency within the population of Chinese Americans. Multinomial logistic regression analyses revealed significant heterogeneity of exclusive CAM use in response to mental health problems by race/ethnicity and generational status, as well as English proficiency, gender, age, marital status, education, employment status, having insurance, and having any probably psychiatric disorder. Specifically, first-generation Chinese immigrants lagged behind second-, third-, or higher generation Chinese Americans and non-Hispanic whites in the likelihood of using exclusive CAM services for mental health problems. In addition, this study revealed that exclusive CAM service use was more popular than the use of only conventional Western medicine or a combination of both among all Chinese Americans except for the second generations. The findings provide a more nuanced understanding of the pattern of mental health service use among Chinese Americans. Implications for policy and research are discussed.

中文翻译:

美籍华人心理健康问题的补充和替代性医疗服务使用:文化相关因素的作用

作者使用来自“协作精神病流行病学调查”的数据来检查华裔美国人相对于常规西方医疗服务使用补充和替代药物(CAM)的12个月患病率和预测因素。作者研究了华裔美国人与非西班牙裔白人之间在服务利用方式上的差异,以及在华裔美国人中文化因素的影响,如世代状态和英语水平。多项逻辑回归分析显示,种族/族裔和世代状态以及英语能力,性别,年龄,婚姻状况,教育,就业状况,有保险以及有可能精神病。具体来说,第一代华人移民落后于第二代,第三代或更高世代的华裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人,因为他们可能会使用独家的CAM服务解决心理健康问题。此外,这项研究表明,除了第二代人之外,在所有华裔美国人中,独家使用CAM服务比仅使用传统的西药或两者结合更为普遍。这些发现提供了对华裔美国人心理健康服务使用方式更细微的了解。讨论了对政策和研究的影响。这项研究表明,除了第二代人以外,在所有华裔美国人中,独家使用CAM服务比仅使用传统西药或两者结合更为普遍。这些发现提供了对华裔美国人心理健康服务使用方式更细微的了解。讨论了对政策和研究的影响。这项研究表明,除了第二代人以外,在所有华裔美国人中,独家使用CAM服务比仅使用传统西药或两者结合更为普遍。这些发现提供了对华裔美国人心理健康服务使用方式更细微的了解。讨论了对政策和研究的影响。
更新日期:2018-10-12
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