"So We Adapt Step by Step": Acculturation experiences affecting diabetes management and perceived health for Chinese American immigrants

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Chun, Kevin M ^a   Chesla, Catherine A ^b   Kwan, Christine M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese American immigrant health; Diabetes management; USA

Indexed keywords

ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACCULTURATION; DIABETES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOMENOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650909793     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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