Mexican American women's pathways to health

Self-care represents the bulk of all healthcare and is the first therapeutic mode employed by most people in the lay health arena regardless of cultural affiliation. The purpose of this article is to present a schema describing Mexican American (MA) women's pathways to health, including self-ca...

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Published inFamily & community health Vol. 30; no. 1 Suppl; p. S43
Main Author Sánchez, M Sandra Sandy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2007
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cultural Characteristics
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Medicine, Traditional
Mexican Americans
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Self Care
Texas - ethnology
Women's Health
Texas
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Summary:Self-care represents the bulk of all healthcare and is the first therapeutic mode employed by most people in the lay health arena regardless of cultural affiliation. The purpose of this article is to present a schema describing Mexican American (MA) women's pathways to health, including self-care, via the lay/popular, folk, and professional healthcare arenas. The schema is based on a naturalistic study of MA women in the Texas Rio Grande Valley using Kleinman's cultural model of healthcare systems. This schema illustrates MA similarities to mainstream groups.
ISSN:0160-6379
DOI:10.1097/00003727-200701001-00007