Adepoju Joseph A
Delaware State University, College of Health and Public Policy, Department of Nursing, Dover, DE 19901, USA.
J Cult Divers. 2012 Summer;19(2):36-43.
The issue of how immigrant populations combine traditional and Western health beliefs and practices has not been given due attention. Hence, this qualitative research study of Yoruba immigrants, an ethnic group from south-western Nigeria, living in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, sheds some light on the question of how best to provide culturally appropriate health care to Yoruba immigrant groups with differences in health beliefs and practices. The study found that there are three types of Yoruba immigrant groups: (1) those who use only Western medicine (though mostly for pragmatic reason); (2) those who combine traditional Yoruba and Western beliefs; and (3) those who combine Western medicine and Christian beliefs.
移民群体如何将传统与西方健康观念及做法相结合的问题尚未得到应有的关注。因此，这项针对居住在美国大西洋中部地区的约鲁巴移民（一个来自尼日利亚西南部的族群）的定性研究，为如何以文化适宜的方式为健康观念和做法存在差异的约鲁巴移民群体提供医疗保健这一问题提供了一些启示。该研究发现，约鲁巴移民群体有三种类型：（1）仅使用西医的群体（尽管大多是出于实际原因）；（2）将传统约鲁巴和西方观念相结合的群体；（3）将西医与基督教信仰相结合的群体。
