Racial, Ethnic Differences in Complementary and Integrative Health Use Among Adults with Mental Illness: Results from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey

Authors

Lee Za Ong, Marquette UniversityFollow
Karisse A. Callender, Marquette UniversityFollow
Kacie M. Blalock, Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Jerome J. Holzbauer, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2021

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Source Publication

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling

Source ISSN

1323-8922

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1017/jrc.2021.3

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the patterns of complementary and integrative health (CIH) use among adults with a racial/ethnic minority background and a mental illness. A secondary data analysis of 2017 National Health Interview Survey (N = 793) was conducted using chi-square, multivariate logistic regression, and multinomial logistic regression. Overall, Black/African Americans and Hispanic/Latinx groups remained the least proportional of CIH therapies utilization. Being a male, Black/African American or Latinx/Hispanic and had work experience were predictors of the least use of the CIH therapies. Research is needed to bridge the gaps on the CIH use among a racial/ethnic minority with mental illness and to enhance the equitable and collaborative mental health care in the community.

Comments

Accepted version. The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021): 50-73. DOI. © 2021 Cambridge University Press. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Ong, Lee Za; Callender, Karisse A.; Blalock, Kacie M.; and Holzbauer, Jerome J., "Racial, Ethnic Differences in Complementary and Integrative Health Use Among Adults with Mental Illness: Results from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey" (2021). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 570.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/570