Duration of residence and dementia literacy among Chinese Americans

Alexandra G Diamond and Benjamin KP Woo

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2014, vol. 60, issue 4, 406-409

Abstract: Background: To investigate whether duration of residence (DOR) impacts dementia literacy in Chinese Americans aged 40–64. Material: A total of 151 Chinese Americans answered a self-administered, true/false survey assessing knowledge of dementia symptoms, treatment, cause and prognosis. Two groups were dichotomized and compared based on DOR in the USA. Discussion: DOR did not greatly impact the understanding of dementia between respondents with a

Keywords: Dementia; knowledge; Chinese American; duration of residence; mental illness; stigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764013491742

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