South Texas Mexican American Use of Traditional Folk and Mainstream Alternative Therapies

Autor/in	Martinez, Leslie N.
Titel	South Texas Mexican American Use of Traditional Folk and Mainstream Alternative Therapies
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 31 (2009) 1, S.128-143 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986308328513
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Income; Mexican Americans; Acculturation; Telephone Surveys; Hispanic Americans; Therapy; Mexicans; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Einkommen; Hispanoamerikaner; Akkulturation; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Hispanic; Therapie; Mexikaner; Gesundheit
Abstract	A telephone survey was conducted with a large sample of Mexican Americans from border (n = 1,001) and nonborder (n = 1,030) regions in Texas. Patterns of traditional folk and mainstream complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use were analyzed with two binary logistic regressions, using gender, self-rated health, confidence in medical doctors, income, education, and acculturation as predictors. Approximately 45% of respondents were CAM users within the last 12 months. Users of both types of CAM were likely to be women and to have a high education level. Compared to nonusers, traditional folk CAM users were found to have lower self-rated health, less confidence in medical doctors, and lower acculturation. Mainstream CAM users had higher income and self-rated health than nonusers. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10