Attitudes Toward Alzheimer’s Care-Seeking Among Korean Americans: Effects of Knowledge, Stigma, and Subjective Norm | Zendy

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Attitudes Toward Alzheimer’s Care-Seeking Among Korean Americans: Effects of Knowledge, Stigma, and Subjective Norm

Author(s) -

Banghwa Lee Casado,

Michin Hong,

Sang E Lee

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnw253

Subject(s) - norm (philosophy) , shame , ethnic group , stigma (botany) , psychology , help seeking , medicine , public health , clinical psychology , health care , sociocultural evolution , disease , social psychology , psychiatry , nursing , mental health , pathology , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , economics , economic growth

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) ensures that affected individuals and their caregivers can make appropriate plans for health care needs, yet many ethnic minorities delay seeking care for AD until the disease has progressed. This study examined attitudes toward care-seeking for AD among Korean Americans (KAs) and identified factors affecting their attitudes.

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