Chinese Charity in Early Chinese American History

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Yong Chen
Keyword(s):  
American History ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Private Giving ◽  
Universal Love ◽  
Ethnic Solidarity

This chapter examines philanthropic activities in early Chinese American history. It reveals the extraordinary prominence of philanthropy in the daily life of Chinese Americans from beginning of Chinese immigration to WWII. The essay illustrates the enormous magnitude of Chinese American philanthropy in the context of the Chinese diaspora and shows the importance of ethnic solidarity in motivating and mobilizing Chinese Americans to give. Such an examination underlines the limitations of the western romantic notions of philanthropy exclusively and simplistically as an act of “voluntary private giving,” motivated by universal love for others. The features of Chinese American giving in the early years can also help us better understand patterns of Chinese American charity today.

Toward Engaged and Critical Archaeologies of the Chinese Diaspora

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Kelly N. Fong 方少芳‎
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Black Feminist Archaeology

Drawing upon the work of other archaeologists of color and the author’s personal experiences as an Asian American woman in archaeology, this chapter explores potential future directions for Chinese American / diaspora archaeologies as a community-oriented field that is critically engaged with issues of race, racism, racialization, power, capitalism, politics, and white supremacy. Particularly inspired by black feminist archaeology and interdisciplinary work with Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies, this chapter outlines five areas for building engaged and critical archaeologies of Chinese Americans and the Chinese diaspora: recruiting and retaining more Asian American archaeologists; conducting interdisciplinary work with Ethnic Studies; engaging in collaboration with community partners; practicing critical reflexivity of positionality and privilege; and participating in contemporary politics. The chapter uses examples from Isleton Chinatown and Chinese American community cookbooks to demonstrate what community-engaged, community-collaborative critical archaeologies by archaeologists of color might look like.

Protestantism in Twentieth-Century Chinese America: The Impact of Transnationalism on the Chinese Diaspora

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Tseng
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Protestantism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Protestant Denominations

AbstractThis article examines how an indigenous form of evangelicalism became the predominant form of Chinese Protestantism in the United States since 1949. Chinese-American Protestantism was so thoroughly reconstructed by separatist immigrants from the Diaspora and American-born (or American-raised) evangelicals that affiliation with mainline Protestant denominations and organizations is no longer desired. This development has revitalized Chinese-American Protestantism. Indeed, Chinese evangelicalism is one of the fastest-growing religions in China, the Chinese Diaspora, and among Chinese in America. Though the percentage of Chinese Americans affiliated with Christianity is not nearly as high as that of Korean Americans, Chinese-American Protestantism has achieved impressive numeric growth over the past fifty years. Much of this growth can be attributed to the large number of Chinese who have migrated to North America since World War II.

Heart to Heart Cards: A Novel, Culturally Tailored, Community-Based Advance Care Planning Tool for Chinese Americans

2021 ◽  
pp. 104990912198998
Author(s):  
Zhimeng Jia ◽  
Sandy C. Stokes ◽  
Shirley Y. Pan ◽  
Richard E. Leiter ◽  
Hillary D. Lum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Compassionate Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Appropriateness ◽  
Culturally Tailored ◽  
Advance Care

Context: A paucity of literature describes the growing Chinese American community’s end-of-life (EOL) priorities and preferences. Objective: Develop a culturally-tailored advance care planning (ACP) tool to understand the EOL preferences of this underserved minority group. Methods: Informed by the Cultural Appropriateness Theory, the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) developed Heart to Heart (HTH) Cards using a 3-step approach. First, CACCC created and refined a list of bilingual, culturally relevant EOL issues. Next, CACCC organized the EOL issues into a card deck. Finally, CACCC developed a unique playstyle of the cards—the HTH Café. From 2014-2019, CACCC recruited Chinese American volunteers and participants for HTH Cafés. Following each Café, participants completed an anonymous survey describing their sociodemographics, top 3 cards, and café evaluation. Results: The 54 HTH Cards were organized into 4 suits (spiritual, physical, financial/legal, and social). Each card displayed a culturally-tailored EOL issue in English and Chinese. Playstyles included one-on-one and group formats (ie. HTH Café). CACCC volunteers conducted 316 HTH Cafés for 2,267 Chinese American adults. Most participants were female (61.6%), between 18-50 years old (56.7%), lived in California (80.2%) and born in Asia (74.3%). The top priority (25.5%) was “If I’m going to die anyway, I don’t want to be kept alive by machines.” Participants thought the session was pleasant (99.5%) and expressed intent to complete advance directives (86.5%). Conclusion: HTH Cards represents the first, theory-driven, culturally-tailored ACP tool for Chinese Americans. More research is needed to establish its impact on ACP conversations and outcomes.

Exploratory Study of Advance Care Discussions Among Chinese American and White Stage IV Cancer Patients at an American Tertiary Medical Center

2021 ◽  
pp. 104990912110126
Author(s):  
Avery Caz Glover ◽  
Courtney Schroeder ◽  
Emma Ernst ◽  
Tamara Vesel
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Do Not Resuscitate ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
Stage Iv Cancer ◽  
White Patients

Purpose: Timely advance care discussions are essential components of quality care for diverse populations; however, little is known about these conversations among Chinese American cancer patients. This exploratory study describes differences in advance care discussions and planning between Chinese American and White advanced cancer patients. Methods: We collected data for 63 Chinese American and 63 White stage IV cancer patients who died between 2013 and 2018. We compared: frequency and timing of prognosis, goals of care (GOC), and end-of-life care (EOLC) discussions in the final year of life; family inclusion in discussions; healthcare proxy (HCP) identification; do not resuscitate (DNR) order, do not intubate (DNI) order, and other advance directive (AD) completion. We did not conduct statistical tests due to the study’s exploratory nature. Results: Among Chinese American and White patients, respectively, 76% and 71% had prognosis, 51% and 56% had GOC, and 89% and 84% had EOLC discussions. Prognosis, GOC, and EOLC discussions were held a median of 34.0, 15.5, and 34.0 days before death among Chinese American and 17.0, 13.0, and 24.0 days before death among White patients. Documentation rates among Chinese American and White patients were 79% and 76% for DNRs, 81% and 71% for DNIs, 79% and 81% for HCPs, and 52% and 40% for other ADs. Conclusions: Findings suggest that Chinese Americans had similar rates of advance care discussions, completed conversations earlier, and had similar to higher rates of AD documentation compared to White patients. Further studies are needed to confirm our preliminary findings.

scholarly journals Self-reported Use of Eye Care Among Adult Chinese Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejuan Jiang ◽  
Rohit Varma ◽  
Mina Torres ◽  
Chunyi Hsu ◽  
Roberta McKean-Cowdin
Keyword(s):  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Eye Care

scholarly journals Diary Entries by N.P. Kiselev as the Secretary of the Publishing House “Musaget”

Literary Fact ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 82-114
Author(s):  
Andrey I. Serkov
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
History Of

For the history of the Moscow Symbolist publishing house “Musaget”, which in the early years of its existence was a circle of like-minded people who sought occult knowledge, in many respects the key years were 1913–1914. The fascination with anthroposophy of some of the employees of Musaget caused rejection on the part of the founder of the publishing house, E.K. Metner, who defended the principle of serving culture, and not one of the spiritual teachings. The diary of N.P. Kiselev, who took up the post of secretary in the publishing house during the separation, reflects not only the daily life of the editorial office, but also attempts to reunite different directions of “Musaget”.

Chinese Americans’ use of patient portal systems: a scoping review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Lawrence ◽  
Stella Chong ◽  
Holly Krelle ◽  
Timothy Roberts ◽  
Lorna Thorpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Use Patterns

BACKGROUND Patient portals are increasingly deployed in healthcare systems as communication and information-sharing tools for patients and providers. While portals show promise in addressing healthcare access, quality, and outcomes, research on portal access and use patterns among diverse populations is limited, including among Chinese Americans. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to summarize existing evidence on the access and use patterns, barriers, and facilitators of patient portals among Chinese Americans, and to identify gaps and areas for future research. METHODS The authors conducted a scoping review using the PRISMA Protocol for Scoping Reviews of articles published in major databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO) on the topic of patient portals and Chinese Americans. Authors independently reviewed the papers during initial screening and full-text review. The studies were analyzed and coded for study method type, sample population, and main outcomes of interest. RESULTS In total 17 articles were selected for inclusion in the review. The included articles varied in study aims, methodology, data collection, sample population, and geographic areas of study. The majority of studies were cross-sectional in nature. Major findings and themes identified from the articles include: variable patterns of patient portal access and use among Chinese Americans compared to other racial/ethnic groups; limited evidence on the specific barriers and facilitators of access and use for this group; a reliance on quantitative proxy measures (e.g. log-ins, click-throughs) to assess portal access and use; and a pattern of aggregating Chinese American-related data into a larger Asian or Asian American designation. CONCLUSIONS There is limited research dedicated to understanding the use patterns, experiences, and needs of Chinese Americans who access and utilize patient portal systems. Most research is cross-sectional, focusing on disparities in use and access, and have tended to aggregate the Chinese American experience into that of Asian Americans. Future research should focus specifically on Chinese Americans and prioritize more detailed evaluations of their relationship to patient portal technology to understand specific use patterns, preferences, and needs. A broader understanding of the diversity of health technology users can help ensure applicable and equitable design, development, and implementation of these tools. CLINICALTRIAL N/a

scholarly journals SOCIOCULTURAL DETERMINANTS IN PAIN PERCEPTION AND MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER CHINESE AMERICANS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S713-S714
Author(s):  
Simona Kwon ◽  
Jazmine Wong ◽  
Janet Pan ◽  
Andrew Rosenberg ◽  
Germaine Cuff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Older Chinese ◽  
Older Chinese Americans

Abstract Background: Chinese Americans make up the largest Asian American subgroup in the US. Data from a large health system indicate that older Chinese Americans experience lower satisfaction in pain management after surgery compared to all other racial/ethnic groups. Objective: To understand pain experience among older Chinese American patients to improve pain satisfaction strategies Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted, including: 1. A scoping review of the peer-reviewed published literature; 2) face-to-face survey; and 3) qualitative interviews. 14 Chinese American postsurgical patients >65 years of age were recruited for the survey and interview with a trained bilingual Community Health Worker. Questions from the Survey on Disparities in Quality of Healthcare and Kleinman’s Explanatory Model of Illness guided the data collection tools. Results: The 31 studies identified in the review were largely observational; none assessed pain control or management interventions for older Chinese Americans. Most participants reported experiencing a language barrier that hindered healthcare staff communication during hospital stay. Even with an interpreter, limited English proficient patients reported lower understanding of health information compared to those who did not need interpretation. Ideas of “pushing through” pain, perceiving physicians as “busy people,” and mismatch in pain assessment tools contributed to pain attendance delay. Facilitators to care included family support, culturally and linguistically-tailored tools, and availability of cultural remedies. Conclusions: This mixed-methods study identified key themes including socio-cultural barriers and facilitators to effective pain care and management. Findings will inform tools and resources to better capture and address pain management in Chinese Americans.

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