PMID: 18435385Apr 26, 2008Paper

East meets West: Chinese-Canadians' perspectives on health and fitness.

Canadian Journal of Public Health = Revue Canadienne De Santé Publique
Chunlei LuJingxian Li

Abstract

Chinese-Canadians comprise one of Canada's largest and fastest-growing ethnocultural groups. This exploratory qualitative study examined how Chinese-Canadians' views of health and fitness, and their understanding of mainstream Western health care and fitness programs, influence their health behaviours, health beliefs, and use of health care services. This issue is explored against the backdrop of immigration and processes of integration to understand how this immigrant population reconciles conceptions of health acquired in their originating cultures with their experiences in Western society. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 first-generation Chinese-Canadians to elicit their views and experiences with the concepts of health and fitness. Interview transcripts were analyzed using an inductive analytic approach involving constant comparison of emerging themes to the data. The analysis revealed that participants had integrated some Canadian health and fitness practices in their daily lives, particularly in their diet and use of health care services. Nonetheless, Chinese-Canadians retained their view of the superiority of Eastern conceptions of health and health practices. Both positive and negative changes in their...Continue Reading

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