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Racial, Ethnic Differences in Complementary and Integrative Health Use Among Adults with Mental Illness: Results from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey
The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Lee Za Ong, Marquette University
  • Karisse A. Callender, Marquette University
  • Kacie M. Blalock, Louisiana State University - Shreveport
  • Jerome J. Holzbauer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1017/jrc.2021.3
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the patterns of complementary and integrative health (CIH) use among adults with a racial/ethnic minority background and a mental illness. A secondary data analysis of 2017 National Health Interview Survey (N = 793) was conducted using chi-square, multivariate logistic regression, and multinomial logistic regression. Overall, Black/African Americans and Hispanic/Latinx groups remained the least proportional of CIH therapies utilization. Being a male, Black/African American or Latinx/Hispanic and had work experience were predictors of the least use of the CIH therapies. Research is needed to bridge the gaps on the CIH use among a racial/ethnic minority with mental illness and to enhance the equitable and collaborative mental health care in the community.

Comments

Accepted version. The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021): 50-73. DOI. © 2021 Cambridge University Press. Used with permission.

Citation Information
Lee Za Ong, Karisse A. Callender, Kacie M. Blalock and Jerome J. Holzbauer. "Racial, Ethnic Differences in Complementary and Integrative Health Use Among Adults with Mental Illness: Results from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey" The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling (2021) ISSN: 1323-8922
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/karisse-callender/15/