Women's Use of Alternative Medicine: A Multiethnic Study

女性对替代医学的使用：一项多种族研究

• 批准号: 6584940
• 负责人: MARIA T CHAO
• 金额: $ 2.98万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-03-15 至 2005-03-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6584940
• 关键词: African American; Chinese American; Mexican Americans; alternative medicine; behavioral /social science research tag; behavioral medicine; caucasian American; clinical research; culture; female; folk medicine; functional ability; health care service utilization; human data; medicinal plants; racial /ethnic difference; social support network; socioeconomics; vitamin therapy; women's health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): National surveys have estimated widespread and increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which encompasses a multiplicity of healing systems, treatments, and techniques. Indicators of higher socioeconomic status (SES), such as greater levels of education and income, are factors commonly associated with greater CAM use. Whether these factors consistently predict use across different types of CAM or within minority populations has not been systematically explored. Possible mechanisms influencing the SES-CAM relationship, such as health status or acculturation, also warrant further exploration. The proposed study will explore the relationship between SES and the use of CAM among white, African- Mexican-, and Chinese-American women. First, the overall race-ethnic patterns of CAM use across different domains of CAM will be examined. Then, within each of the four racial-ethnic populations of women, the proposed study will: 1. Assess the association between SES and CAM use, comparing overall CAM usage and use of specific CAM domains, 2. Test the mediating effects of health status and access to biomedicine in the relationship between SES and CAM use, 3. Analyze the differential influence of social networks in the SES-CAM relationship, and 4. Evaluate the moderating effects of acculturation in the relationship between SES and CAM use (among Mexican- and Chinese-American women only). Specific CAM domains to be studied include physical therapies, mind-body therapies, vitamins/nutritional supplements, herbs and medicinal teas, and cultural healing. Overall use of CAM will also be examined. Hypotheses will be tested using data from a national study examining women's use of CAM in four racial-ethnic populations, which is funded through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

描述（由申请人提供）：国家调查估计补充和替代医学 (CAM) 的使用正在广泛且不断增加，其中包括多种治疗系统、治疗方法和技术。较高的社会经济地位 (SES) 指标，例如较高的教育水平和收入，通常是与更多 CAM 使用相关的因素。这些因素是否能够一致地预测不同类型 CAM 或少数群体中的使用情况尚未得到系统探讨。影响 SES-CAM 关系的可能机制，例如健康状况或文化适应，也值得进一步探索。拟议的研究将探讨白人、非裔墨西哥人和华裔美国女性中 SES 与 CAM 使用之间的关系。首先，将检查不同 CAM 领域中 CAM 使用的总体种族模式。然后，在四个种族的女性群体中，拟议的研究将： 1. 评估 SES 和 CAM 使用之间的关联，比较总体 CAM 使用情况和特定 CAM 域的使用情况， 2. 测试健康状况和生物医学获取在 SES 和 CAM 使用之间关系中的中介作用， 3. 分析社交网络对SES-CAM关系的差异影响，以及 4. 评估文化适应对 SES 和 CAM 使用之间关系的调节作用（仅针对墨西哥裔和华裔美国女性）。 要研究的具体 CAM 领域包括物理疗法、身心疗法、维生素/营养补充剂、草药和药茶以及文化治疗。 CAM 的整体使用也将受到审查。假设将使用一项全国性研究的数据进行检验，该研究调查了四个种族群体中妇女使用 CAM 的情况，该研究由国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所以及国家补充和替代医学中心资助。