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Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders.

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Aroian, KJ; Wu, B; Tran, TV
Published in: Research in nursing & health
April 2005

We explored patterns and reasons for health and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. Interviews were conducted with 27 Chinese immigrant elders, 11 adult care giving children, and 12 health and social service providers. Content analysis of these data indicated that participants across groups agreed that Chinese elders under-utilize services because of problems related to language, transportation, cost, long waits for appointments, and because of cultural norms/values related to need for care, preference for self-over professional care, fear, and distrust of western biomedicine, and the obligation to refrain from using formal services. These problems are complicated by geographical dispersion and dialect differences in the local Chinese immigrant community.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Research in nursing & health

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EISSN

1098-240X

ISSN

0160-6891

Publication Date

April 2005

Volume

28

Issue

2

Start / End Page

95 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Work
  • Social Values
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Nursing
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Health Services Accessibility
 

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Aroian, K. J., Wu, B., & Tran, T. V. (2005). Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. Research in Nursing & Health, 28(2), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20069
Aroian, Karen J., Bei Wu, and Thanh V. Tran. “Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders.Research in Nursing & Health 28, no. 2 (April 2005): 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20069.
Aroian KJ, Wu B, Tran TV. Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. Research in nursing & health. 2005 Apr;28(2):95–105.
Aroian, Karen J., et al. “Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders.Research in Nursing & Health, vol. 28, no. 2, Apr. 2005, pp. 95–105. Epmc, doi:10.1002/nur.20069.
Aroian KJ, Wu B, Tran TV. Health care and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. Research in nursing & health. 2005 Apr;28(2):95–105.
Journal cover image

Published In

Research in nursing & health

DOI

EISSN

1098-240X

ISSN

0160-6891

Publication Date

April 2005

Volume

28

Issue

2

Start / End Page

95 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Work
  • Social Values
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Nursing
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Health Services Accessibility