Preference for patient–provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans

Familiarity, preference, and utilization of ethnic items among asian americans.

PURPOSE The purpose was to determine whether Asian Americans are still seeking familiar and preferred ethnic items and whether they are using them in daily life after they have immigrated to the United States. METHODS A descriptive exploratory study design was used. A convenience sample of 224 Asian Americans was recruited from the states of Michigan and Ohio. RESULTS It was found that (a) ...

Resurgent ethnicity among Asian Americans: ethnic neighborhood context and health.

In this study I investigate the associations of neighborhood socioeconomic and social environments with the health of Asian Americans living in both Asian ethnic neighborhoods and non-Asian neighborhoods. I use a sample of 1962 Asian Americans from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS, 2003-04). Three key findings emerge. First, absolute levels of socioeconomic and social resourc...

Ethnic culture and social mobility among second-generation Asian Americans

This review engages with Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou’s The Asian American Achievement Paradox to consider how ethnic culture matters for social mobility among the immigrant second generation. It describes the strengths and contributions of the book, connects it to broader debates on culture, poverty, and mobility, and draws on my own research on the second generation in New York City. It highligh...

Concordance, compliance, preference or adherence

The realization that patients do not always do what their doctor recommends has led to a whole area of research looking into why this is so and how to counteract it. If we assume that the practitioner is right (an area of research in itself, of course!), then how do we get the patient to follow that advice? If you have high blood pressure, but don't take the tablets is this remiss or empowering...

Differences in Body Image: Comparing Asian American Ethnic Groups and White Americans