A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth

This is the first reported cohort study of Chinese-Australian mothers' health beliefs, behaviours and information sources regarding their children’s health. More mothers in Australia breastfed and breastfed longer; evidence of the “healthy migrant effect”. All mothers underestimated the preval...

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Main Author: Chen, Shu
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2425
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description This is the first reported cohort study of Chinese-Australian mothers' health beliefs, behaviours and information sources regarding their children’s health. More mothers in Australia breastfed and breastfed longer; evidence of the “healthy migrant effect”. All mothers underestimated the prevalence of overweight in their children. Mothers in China and Australia continue to access both Chinese and western medicines for their children. These results advance our understanding of the influence of maternal health beliefs on child health.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-24252017-02-20T06:37:56Z A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth Chen, Shu This is the first reported cohort study of Chinese-Australian mothers' health beliefs, behaviours and information sources regarding their children’s health. More mothers in Australia breastfed and breastfed longer; evidence of the “healthy migrant effect”. All mothers underestimated the prevalence of overweight in their children. Mothers in China and Australia continue to access both Chinese and western medicines for their children. These results advance our understanding of the influence of maternal health beliefs on child health. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2425 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Chen, Shu
A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title_full A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title_fullStr A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title_full_unstemmed A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title_short A cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of Chinese mothers and their children living in Perth
title_sort cohort study of health beliefs, behaviours and information sources of chinese mothers and their children living in perth
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2425