Age-related differences in biomedical and folk beliefs as causes for diabetes and heart disease among Mexican origin adults.
Age-related differences in biomedical and folk beliefs as causes for diabetes and heart disease among Mexican origin adults.
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墨西哥裔成年人中，生物医学和民间信仰中与年龄相关的糖尿病和心脏病的原因差异。
DOI：
10.1007/s10903-011-9522-1
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Koehly,LauraM
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作者：
Palmquist,AunchaleeEL;Wilkinson,AnnaV;Sandoval,Juan-Miguel;Koehly,LauraM
对健康信念的理解是为美国拉美裔人口创造文化上合适的健康服务的关键。在这项研究中，我们探索了德克萨斯州休斯敦墨西哥裔成年人心脏病和糖尿病因果信念的年龄差异。这项横断面研究包括497名墨西哥血统的成年人。参与者被要求指出生物医学定义的和民间疾病相关的风险因素作为心脏病和糖尿病原因的重要性。在所有参与者中，生物医学风险因素被列为糖尿病和心脏病的最高原因。在所有年龄组中，与民间疾病相关的因素被排在生物医学因素之后，成为心脏病的原因。在老年参与者中，Susto被列为糖尿病的风险因素，高于中位数。与年龄相关的因果信念的差异可能会对设计文化上合适的健康服务产生影响，例如为墨西哥裔老年人量身定做的糖尿病干预措施。
An understanding of health beliefs is key to creating culturally appropriate health services for Hispanic populations in the US. In this study we explore age-based variations in causal beliefs for heart disease and diabetes among Mexican origin adults in Houston, TX. This cross-sectional study included 497 adults of Mexican origin. Participants were asked to indicate the importance of biomedically defined and folk illness-related risk factors as causes for heart disease and diabetes. Biomedical risk factors were ranked highest as causes of diabetes and heart disease among all participants. Folk illness-related factors were ranked below biomedical factors as causes of heart disease among all age groups. Susto was ranked above the median as a risk factor for diabetes among older participants. Age-related differences in causal beliefs may have implications for designing culturally appropriate health services, such as tailored diabetes interventions for older Mexican origin adults.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]