Mexican Sobadores in North Carolina: Manual Therapy in a New Settlement Context.
Mexican Sobadores in North Carolina: Manual Therapy in a New Settlement Context.
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北卡罗来纳州的墨西哥Sobadores：在新定居点的手动疗法。
DOI：
10.1007/s10903-016-0466-3
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发表时间：
2017-10
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Arcury TA
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作者：
Quandt SA;Sandberg JC;Graham A;Mora DC;Stub T;Arcury TA
Latino immigrants to the New Settlement area of the southeastern United States face structural and cultural obstacles to accessing the conventional health care system, and come from areas with long traditions of medical treatments from healers without professional training or licensure. Little is known about the use of such healers in New Settlement areas. This study focuses on sobadores, healers who use manipulative therapy. Goals were to describe sobadores practicing in North Carolina, including their background, conditions treated, and their understanding of the pathophysiology of their patients’ conditions and how their treatments work. The paper also describes who sobadores treat and sobadores’ understanding of where their treatment fits into patients’ pursuit of relief from symptoms. This focused ethnography draws from in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with six sobadores from Mexico practicing in North Carolina. These sobadores appear to meet both structural and cultural needs for healthcare in the immigrant Latino population.
