Journal article
Utilization of curanderos among foreign born Mexican-American women attending migrant health clinics
Journal of cultural diversity, Vol.3(2), pp.29-34
1996
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113978
PMID: 9204820
Abstract
This study explores the parallel use of "folk healers" and modern medicine among foreign born, Mexican-American women attending migrant health clinics in rural, eastern Washington state. Face-to-face interviews (n = 434) revealed that 21.4% of the women had sought care from curanderos within the past five years. Statistically significant predictors of utilization included Spanish as the language of preference (odds ratio = 2.58), having resided in the U.S. from one to five years (odds ratio = 2.82), and having received medicine or medical care from Mexico within the prior five years (odds ratio = 9.22). Implications for providers working in cross-cultural settings are discussed.
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- Title
- Utilization of curanderos among foreign born Mexican-American women attending migrant health clinics
- Creators
- T L Skaer - College of Pharmacy, Washington State University in Pullman 99164-6510, USAL M RobisonD A SclarG H Harding
- Publication Details
- Journal of cultural diversity, Vol.3(2), pp.29-34
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacotherapy, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547795201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article