Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices Among Hispanic Parents

2021 ◽  
pp. 000992282110596
Author(s):  
Alison L. Fowler ◽  
Megan E. Mann ◽  
Francisco J. Martinez ◽  
Hung-Wen Yeh ◽  
John D. Cowden
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Primary Care Clinic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Hispanic Parents ◽  
Care Clinic ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Folk Illness ◽  
Health Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Cultural Health Beliefs

Parents’ beliefs about and approaches to their child’s health vary with culture and change within cultures over time. To provide an updated understanding of folk and traditional medicine (FTM) among Hispanic parents in the United States, we surveyed 200 caregivers identifying their child as Hispanic in a pediatric primary care clinic about their cultural health beliefs and practices. Overall, 84% of participants believed in ≥1 folk illness, with foreign-born participants more likely than US-born to endorse folk illness beliefs. Eighty-three percent had used cultural remedies for their children. Of those, although just 15% had discussed such practices with their child’s provider, 86% would feel comfortable doing so. No demographic factors predicted use of cultural remedies/healers or comfort talking to providers. Beliefs and practices related to FTM are prevalent among Hispanic parents and cannot be predicted using demographics; providers should routinely ask all families about FTM.

Parasitology Screening of Latin American Children in a Primary Care Clinic

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-283
Author(s):  
Joel L. Bass ◽  
Kishor A. Mehta ◽  
Bonnie Eppes
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Primary Care Clinic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Finding ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Care Clinic

A screening program based in a Massachusetts community hospital primary care clinic, which included 124 children from 12 different Latin American countries, demonstrated that nearly 35% were carriers of pathogenic parasites. The large majority (83.7%) of these children were asymptomatic at the time of the examination. Although there may be considerable variation based on country of origin, the present results, as well as a review of the literature, suggest this is likely to be a common finding among children born in most regions of Latin America. Compliance with the screening process was significantly higher in groups with higher infection rates and the successive yield in those patients who submitted two or more stool samples revealed that most pathogens were identified in the first sample. Schoolage children were found to have the highest risk for both roundworm infections and multiple parasitic infections. For those children with identified pathogens, nearly 90% received treatment. Current trends in immigration, international adoptions, and special circumstances including day care, family shelters, and increasing numbers of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children have made an appreciation of the extent of parasitosis, and awareness of possible management approaches, an important consideration for primary care physicians in the United States.

Effect of breast-self examination training on health beliefs and practices: student nurses educating relatives

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Okgün Alcan Aliye ◽  
Serpil Çetin ◽  
Hale Sezer
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Breast Diseases ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Benefit Perception ◽  
Health Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Self Examination

Purpose: Breast self-examination (BSE) is a critical technique in early detection of breast diseases, especially cancer. This quasi-experimental study was performed to evaluate the effects of BSE training on health beliefs and practices among relatives of nursing students. Materials and methods: The study sample consisted of 133 relatives of nursing students. After training student nurses about BSE, they were requested to train their relatives regarding BSE. The data were collected before and 6 months after BSE training. Results: It was determined that 39.1% (n=52) of women performed BSE before the training and 87.2% (n=116) of them after the training and this difference was statistically significant (p=0.0001). Sensitivity perception (Z=-2.915, p=0.004), benefit perception (Z=-4.888, p=0.0001) and confidence perception (Z=-2.503, p=0.012) of women significantly increased and disability perception (Z=-8.576, p=0.0001) decreased significantly after the training. Conclusions: In conclusion, the BSE training given by nursing students to their relatives enhanced health beliefs and practices of the participants.

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