Fei Sun|Xiang Gao|David W. Coon
Perceived Threat of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Chinese American Older Adults: The Role of Alzheimer’s Disease Literacy
Arizona State University
guided sociocultural health belief model shbm study examined roles cultural beliefs alzheimers disease ad scientific knowledge ad influencing perceived threat ad sample chinese american older adultswith input focus groups 17 older chinese volunteers survey questionnaires refined delivered facetoface interviews 385 participants aged 55100 phoenix metropolitan areahierarchical regression analyses found aged 5564 worried ad aged 85 older cultural beliefs ad ad factual knowledge contributed higher levels perceived threat ad education tended moderate effect cultural beliefs ad ad knowledge perceived threat adfindings support inclusion key factors shbm relevant perceived threat ad help enrich understanding ad literacy scientific cultural perspectives ad education programs interventions help address crucial cultural beliefs related ad emotional consequences eg concerns fear ad might due exposure ad factual knowledge particularly limited education