Healthcare for Immigrant Chinese

Paper Summary:

This paper describes the population of Chinese immigrants in the United States and points out that current first generation Chinese immigrants, whose previous healthcare in China, from 1950 to 2002, was under the Communist system, often have difficulties accepting the U.S. healthcare system. The paper defines culturally competent medical care as the provision of health and human services offered and delivered in such a way that are sensitive to language, culture and traditions of non-native immigrants, migrants and ethnic minorities with the goal of minimizing or eliminating long standing disparities in the health status of people with diverse racial, ethnic or cultural backgrounds.

From the Paper:

"Changes in Chinese healthcare systems in the 1980s can be attributed to the privatization of the economy. The existing healthcare system was removed and nothing was made to take its place. Decentralization of the public health system and a lack of funding for public health efforts resulted in a significant decrease in public health education and epidemic disease control. It is with this background that many immigrants to the United States come to experience and perceive privatized health care. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Phinney, J. S. (1989). Stages of ethnic identity development in minority group adolescents. Journalof Early Adolescence, 9, 34-49.
• Phinney, J. S. (1990). Ethnic identity in adolescents and adults: Review of research. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 499-514.
• Phinney, J. S. (1992). The multigroup ethnic identity measure: A new scale for use with diverse groups. Journal of Adolescent Research, 7, 156-176.
• Phinney, J. S., & Alipuria, L. L. (1990). Ethnic identity in college students from four ethnic groups. Journal of Adolescence, 13, 171-183.
• Lassiter, S. (1995). Multicultural Clients: A professional handbook for health care providers and social workers (pp. 35-49). Westport, CT: Greenwood

More papers on Healthcare for Immigrant Chinese:

• Research Paper # 100984 : "Asian American Health Care"
• Essay # 36899 : "Healthcare for the Elderly"
• Term Paper # 146086 : "Healthcare for LGBT individuals"

APA Citation:

MLA Citation: