Menopausal transition experiences and management strategies of Chinese immigrant women: a scoping review

Objective: Chinese immigrants in the United States undergo a transition to increased chronic disease risk commonly attributed to acculturative changes. Longitudinal data to confirm this are lacking. We examined acculturation in relation to insulin resistance in a sample of Chinese immigrant women to determine differences by level of education and possible mediation by anthropometry and diet.Design: Longitudinal study.Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Participants: 305 Chinese immigrant women recruited October 2005 to April 2008 and followed until April 2010.Main Outcome Measures: Association of acculturation, measured using the General Ethnicity Questionnaire – American version (GEQA), with homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) score as an indicator of insulin resistance, modeled using generalized estimating equations to account for repeated measures over time.Results: GEQA was associated with log HOMA score, but only in women with <9 years of education (beta [SE] = .09 [.04], P=.02; interaction P=.02). The association persisted with adjustment for body mass index, waist circumference, and dietary variables.Conclusions: These findings provide longitudinal evidence that insulin resistance increases with acculturation. However, the association was apparent only in less-educated immigrants and may be mediated by a pathway other than changes in anthropometry and diet. Ethn Dis. 2015;25(4):443-450; doi:10.18865/ed.25.4.443

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Chinese immigrant women in remote communities: Adjustment and social support networks.

10.24124/2012/bpgub833 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Yufen Hsiao

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Support Networks ◽

Social Support Networks ◽

Chinese Immigrant ◽

Remote Communities ◽

Chinese Immigrant Women

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Acculturation and Dietary Change Among Chinese Immigrant Women in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health ◽

10.1007/s10903-014-0118-4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 400-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Marilyn Tseng ◽

David J. Wright ◽

Carolyn Y. Fang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

The United States ◽

Dietary Change ◽

Chinese Immigrant ◽

Chinese Immigrant Women

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Decision letter for "Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among Chinese immigrant women"

10.1111/jan.14458/v2/decision1 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Chinese Immigrant ◽

Chinese Immigrant Women

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Elitist in Façade

International Journal of Chinese Education ◽

10.1163/22125868-12340078 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 133-157

Author(s):

Hongxia Shan

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Social Relations ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Chinese Women ◽

Global Capitalism ◽

Chinese Immigrant ◽

Social Field ◽

Chinese Immigrant Women

Abstract Drawing on a qualitative study of a group of professional Chinese women navigating their career lives between China and Canada, this paper addresses how Chinese transnationalism is constituted within global capitalism. It starts by mapping the career lives of the Chinese immigrant women. Their experiences point to the emergence of a transnational field between Canada and China where skill/labor and capital conjoin in distinct ways. The study further shows that this transnational social field is comprised of a complex of social relations reticulated through multiple institutions, organizations, and actors. Although the interest of economic accumulation and Western-centric social and cultural orders are predominant in shaping the women’s career spaces, this transnational field also provides conduits for alternative flows of power, privileging the entrepreneurial quest for social, cultural, and economic capitals. Despite its elitist façade, the transnational field is itself also vulnerable, fractured, and prone to crisis.

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