Gestational Dietary Supplement Use on US-Mexico Border

描述（由申请人提供）：申请人的申请包括一门通向公共卫生硕士学位的课程，以及一个将定性人种学访谈方法与前瞻性调查相结合的指导性研究项目，目的是：[1]确定德克萨斯州-墨西哥边境地区西班牙裔妇女[>18岁]样本中围产期CAM使用的性质和流行率。[2]确定CAM使用和心理社会变量之间的经验关系，可能有助于拉丁美洲人之间的弹性，特别是，familismo和文化适应状态。这些变量将在更广泛的CAM使用的社会行为模型的背景下进行检查。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The applicant's application includes a course of study leading to a Masters of Public Health degree, as well as a mentored research project combining qualitative ethnographic interview methods with a prospective survey in order to: [1] determine the nature and prevalence of perinatal CAM use among a sample of Hispanic women [>18 yrs] in the Texas-Mexico border region. [2] determine the empirical relationship among CAM use and psycho-social variables that may contribute to resilience among Latinas, in particular, familismo and acculturation status. These variables will be examined in the context of a broader socio-behavioral model of CAM use.