Coping with a New Health Culture: Acculturation and Online Health Information Seeking Among Chinese Immigrants in the United States

As a culturally diverse country, the U.S. hosts over 39 million immigrants who may experience various cultural and linguistic obstacles to receiving quality health care. Considering online sources an important alternative for immigrants to access health information, this study investigates how Chine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of immigrant and minority health 2015-10, Vol.17 (5), p.1427-1435
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Weirui, Yu, Nan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acculturation Adaptation, Psychological Adult Asian Americans Asian Americans - psychology Barriers China Chinese Americans Communication Communication (Thought Transfer) Comparative Law Consumer Health Information - methods Coping Cross-Sectional Studies Cultural Differences Culture Dialogs (Language) Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology Ethnic Groups Female Health behavior Health care Health care access Health education Health Literacy Health Services Host country Humans Immigrants Information Seeking Information Seeking Behavior International & Foreign Law Internet Language Linguistics Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Native Language Noncitizens ORIGINAL PAPER Private International Law Public Health Social exclusion Sociology Studies United States Websites Young Adult
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