Home-based therapies for the common cold among European American and ethnic minority families: the interface between alternative/complementary and folk medicine.
Home-based therapies for the common cold among European American and ethnic minority families: the interface between alternative/complementary and folk medicine.
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欧裔美国人和少数族裔家庭普通感冒的家庭疗法：替代/补充医学与民间医学之间的界面。
DOI：
10.1001/archpedi.152.11.1083
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发表时间：
1998
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通讯作者：
B. Bernstein
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作者：
L. Pachter;T. Sumner;A. Fontán;M. Sneed;B. Bernstein
背景
大多数关于儿童使用替代/补充药物的研究都集中在患有慢性病的儿童身上，没有涉及更常见的补充药物形式：常见的低发病率疾病发作的家庭干预和治疗。此外，一般民众使用的替代/补充医疗做法与少数民族群体成员使用的通常称为民间医学或民族医学的做法之间往往存在区别。
目的
描述来自不同种族文化背景的父母用于治疗儿童普通感冒的家庭疗法和实践。
方法
采访了一些诊所和医生办公室的儿童母亲。包括来自欧洲裔美国人，非洲裔美国人，波多黎各人和西印度-加勒比遗产的母亲。
结果
普通感冒的家庭疗法的平均数量在不同种族群体之间没有差异（控制母亲年龄，母亲教育程度，子女数量和健康保险状况）。在使用特定补救措施的频率方面，各群体之间存在差异。
结论
儿童感冒的家庭疗法是常用的。许多治疗方法都是生物医学治疗的补充（即退烧药、非处方感冒药、液体）。如果适量服用，很少有潜在危险。与来自多数文化的母亲相比，来自少数民族的母亲使用类似数量的家庭干预措施。
BACKGROUND
Most studies of alternative/complementary medicine use in children have focused on children with chronic illness and have not addressed the more common form of complementary medicine: popular home-based interventions and therapies for common low-morbidity sickness episodes. Also, there has often been a distinction between alternative/ complementary medical practices used by the general population and those used by members of ethnic minority groups and commonly referred to as folk medicine or ethnomedicine.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the home-based therapies and practices that parents from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds use to treat the common cold in their children.
METHOD
Interviews with mothers of children coming for care at a number of clinics and physicians' offices. Included were mothers from European American, African American, Puerto Rican, and West Indian-Caribbean heritages.
RESULTS
Mean number of home-based remedies for the common cold did not differ among ethnic groups (controlling for maternal age, maternal education, number of children, and health insurance status). There were differences among groups regarding the frequency of use of specific remedies.
CONCLUSIONS
Home-based remedies for colds in childhood are commonly used. Many of the treatments are complementary to biomedical treatment (ie, antipyretics, over-the-counter cold remedies, fluids). Very few are potentially hazardous if taken in moderation. Mothers from ethnic minorities use similar amounts of homebased interventions when compared with mothers from the majority culture.