Heart Healthy Integrative Nutritional Counseling (H2INC): Creating a Chinese Medicine + Western Medicine Patient Education Curriculum for Chinese Americans

Asian Americans constitute the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the U.S. [1] and the largest subgroup is the Chinese [2]. Between 20-36% of all Chinese Americans (CAs) report not speaking English well or at all [3]. In California, 56.2% of older CAs report limited English proficiency [4], which is associated with barriers to receiving optimal healthcare [5]. In California, the prevalence of hypertension in Chinese patients age 60+ was an estimated 53.6% [4]. Despite reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates among non-Hispanic Whites, parallel patterns have not been observed in Asian American subgroups [6].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Evelyn Y. Ho, Joseph Acquah, Cewin Chao, Genevieve Leung, Don Ng, Maria T. Chao, Abby Wang, Shannon Ku, Wanyi Chen, Choi Kwun Yu, Shuwen Xu, Melissa Chen, Jane Jih Source Type: research