AI Article Synopsis
- The study investigates why Chinese immigrant elders often do not use health and social services, identifying barriers like language issues, transportation challenges, and high costs.
- Participants reported cultural beliefs that prioritize self-care over professional help, alongside fears and distrust towards Western medicine.
- Additional complications arise from geographical spread and diverse dialects within the Chinese immigrant community, making access to services even more difficult.
Article Abstract
We explored patterns and reasons for health and social service use among Chinese immigrant elders. Interviews were conducted with 27 Chinese immigrant elders, 11 adult care giving children, and 12 health and social service providers. Content analysis of these data indicated that participants across groups agreed that Chinese elders under-utilize services because of problems related to language, transportation, cost, long waits for appointments, and because of cultural norms/values related to need for care, preference for self-over professional care, fear, and distrust of western biomedicine, and the obligation to refrain from using formal services. These problems are complicated by geographical dispersion and dialect differences in the local Chinese immigrant community.
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