Tripp-Reimer T
Nurs Res. 1983 Mar-Apr;32(2):97-101.
This article reports a field investigation (N = 328) of a folk-healing practice (matiasma) among a population of urban Greek immigrants in Ohio. While orthodox Western health care is used by this community, the Greek population has also retained ethnomedical beliefs and practices that differ dramatically from those of scientific health care. This study delineates specific facets of matiasma, the configuration surrounding the evil eye. By tracing the retention of knowledge and use of this configuration over a four-generation period, this paper demonstrates the importance of generation depth as a variable in transcultural nursing research.
本文报道了一项针对俄亥俄州城市希腊移民群体中一种民间治疗习俗（matiasma，瘴气）的实地调查（N = 328）。虽然这个社区使用正统的西方医疗保健，但希腊人群也保留了与科学医疗保健截然不同的民族医学信仰和习俗。本研究描绘了matiasma的具体方面，即围绕邪眼的形态。通过追溯四代人期间对这种形态的知识保留和使用情况，本文证明了代际深度作为跨文化护理研究中的一个变量的重要性。
