Status:
COMPLETED
Exploring Folk Health Practices in Latinos With Chronic Medical Conditions
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Conditions:
Diabetes
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Brief Summary
This study will explore how culture influences the use of folk healing practices and medical services in Latinos with chronic medical conditions.
Detailed Description
Sociocultural aspects of using ethnomedical health practices in a community-based Latino population will be described using both qualitative and quantitative survey methods. This study will rely heavi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- Individuals who refuse to participate.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
54 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00224237
Start Date
December 1 2005
End Date
February 1 2008
Last Update
February 23 2017
Active Locations (1)
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The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021