Cultural Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Health and Health Care Among Asian-Born Women in the United States

Zhao, Meng; Esposito, Nicole N.; Wang, Kefang

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01151.x

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“…This is consistent with the Chinese cultural belief that food therapy is parallel to medicine therapy for daily health [ 12 ]. Some participants believed that only “natural” food can be “healthy.” Any food that has additives is considered as “unnatural” and “unhealthy.” This again matches the Chinese cultural belief that human beings are a part of the nature and a harmony should be established between human beings and the nature [ 12 ]. The following excerpts from their interviews clearly demonstrate the importance of “natural” food.…”

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“…The idea of balanced diet was similarly reported in previous studies for Chinese-born immigrant women [13] and was a unique health belief among Chinese-born immigrant women compared with other Asian groups [12]. One woman who had stayed in the United States for more than six years said

…balanced diet is important…At our home, we usually eat some vegetables, fruits, rice, and flour.

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Challenges of Introducing Participant Observation to Community Health Research

Zhao

2014

ISRN Nursing

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Participant observation elicits unique observation data from both an insider's and an outsider's perspectives. Despite the growing tendency to adopt participant observation strategies in health care research regarding health-related beliefs and types of behavior, the use of participant observation in current research is mostly limited to structured clinical settings rather than community settings. In this paper, we describe how we use participant observation in a community health research study with Chinese-born immigrant women. We document discrepancies between these women's beliefs and types of behavior regarding health and health promotion. We further discuss the ethnical, time, and setting challenges in community health research using participant observation. Possible solutions are also discussed.

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…balanced diet is important…At our home, we usually eat some vegetables, fruits, rice, and flour.

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confidence: 63%

Challenges of Introducing Participant Observation to Community Health Research

Zhao

2014

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“…For example, Zhao, Esposito, and Wang found that low rates of breast and cervical cancer-screening among Asian-Indian-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-American immigrant women were a result of their belief that they were not vulnerable to cancer. 7 The intersection of cultural health beliefs and an individual's health behavior is especially important as such beliefs can indicate avenues for strategically changing a population's behavior with culturally appropriate health education. Most research has focused on Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-American immigrant women, whereas studies on Hmong-American immigrant women are extremely sparse.…”

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Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior among Hmong-American Immigrant Women

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Yang

Lee

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“…Historically, the approach to medicine/health care for Latinos and Japanese is more closely aligned with collectivism (versus individualism) (22, 23). This approach could also be the basis for these two race/ethnic groups’ support for and greater use of complementary and alternative medicine or holistic or ritualistic approaches to maintaining health and preventing disease relative to whites and African Americans (24–26). Such cultural beliefs and health care preferences may contribute to these race/ethnic group’s perceptions that supplements have the same importance (to their health) as their prescribed medications.…”

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Differences by Race/Ethnicity in Older Adults' Beliefs about the Relative Importance of Dietary Supplements vs Prescription Medications: Results from the SURE Study

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Schembre²,

Steffen³

et al. 2012

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Dietary supplement use is widespread among adults across races/ethnicities, yet reasons for use may vary across these groups. The SUpplement REporting (SURE) study quantified dietary supplement use and reasons for taking supplements in a multiethnic sample of adults who took at least one supplement. This study explored socio-demographic differences, including by race/ethnicity, associated with specific reasons/motivations for taking dietary supplements, including perceived importance of taking supplements relative to prescription medications. The study time period was March 2005 to August 2006. Participants (n=397) were older adults (age = 52–88 y) recruited from the Multiethnic Cohort Study in Hawaii and Los Angeles, with equal representation of males and females from six ethnic groups (white, Japanese-American, Native Hawaiian, African-American, US-born Latino, and foreign-born Latino). Subgroups of participants were compared by chi-square tests and logistic regression. The most common reasons for taking supplements were to maintain a healthy life, recommended by a health professional, and to prevent a disease/medical problem. A majority (76%) of participants reported that their dietary supplements were as important as prescription medications, with foreign-born Latinos and Japanese-Americans being most likely to state this belief. The relative importance of supplements was not associated with excessive use, but 27% of participants exceeded the upper limit for a nutrient. It is crucial for health professionals to better understand why individuals take supplements and the importance that they attach to their use. This information could lead to better monitoring and education efforts in order to prevent overuse of supplements and possible interactions with medications.

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Cultural Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Health and Health Care Among Asian-Born Women in the United States

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

Challenges of Introducing Participant Observation to Community Health Research

Challenges of Introducing Participant Observation to Community Health Research

Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior among Hmong-American Immigrant Women

Differences by Race/Ethnicity in Older Adults' Beliefs about the Relative Importance of Dietary Supplements vs Prescription Medications: Results from the SURE Study

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