韩国裔美国老年人使用传统补充和替代医学:多层次分析
Grace Yi1, Yuri Jang2,3, Leah Martinez1
1Department of Social Work, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
概括
许多韩国裔美国老年人使用传统补充和替代医学 (TCAM),因为医疗保健的障碍. 地理位置和社区密度显著影响了这一群体的TCAM使用模式.
科学领域:
- 老年学
- 公共卫生
- 社会学
背景情况:
- 韩国裔美国老年人面临着重要的医疗保健接入挑战,包括成本和文化健康信仰.
- 传统补充和替代医学 (TCAM) 经常被这一群体使用,但研究有限.
- 了解TCAM使用对于开发有效,与文化相关的健康干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响韩国美国老年人TCAM使用的个人和地理因素.
- 在这个特定的族群中确定TCAM利用的预测因素.
- 探索社区密度对医疗保健选择的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自美国五个州的韩国老年人研究 (N = 2,150) 的横截面调查数据.
- 用物流回归分析来检查个人水平的预测因素.
- 多层次建模以评估TCAM使用的地理和区域差异.
主要成果:
- 使用TCAM与健康因素 (关节炎,健康需求),文化 (英语熟练),人口 (性别,宗教) 和感知到的韩国社区密度有关.
- 在被认为和客观韩国人口密度较高的地区的人更有可能使用TCAM.
- 在TCAM使用方面观察到显著的区域差异.
结论:
- 韩国裔美国老年人获得和利用医疗保健受到个人,文化和地理因素的复杂相互作用的影响.
- 文化敏感和地理定制的医疗保健战略是必要的.
- 未来的研究应该进一步探讨区域差异和社区环境在健康行为中的作用.
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