Exploring Folk Health Practices in Latinos With Chronic Medical Conditions

Completed

Conditions studied: Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma, Heart Disease, Stroke, Arthritis

In brief

This study will explore how culture influences the use of folk healing practices and medical services in Latinos with chronic medical conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00224237

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

54

Starts

2005-12-01

Expected to finish

2008-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants will be self-identified, adult men and women from the community setting. The sample comprise a convenience sample, including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American, or other Spanish speaking culture.
• Latino men and women over the age of 18
• Those self-identifying as having at least one chronic medical condition including:diabetes, hypertension, asthma, history of heart disease or stroke or musculoskeletal disease (arthritis).
• Those reporting use of complementary or alternative therapies, including ethnomedical healing practices or practitioners.
• Those who speak English or Spanish.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who refuse to participate.

Where it is running

• The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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