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II.1 Understanding Elder Abuse in the Chinese Community: The Role of Cultural, Social, and Community Factors--E-Shien Chang and XinQi Dong
Pages 53-58

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... . Cultural Traditions: Filial Piety Chinese traditional culture has been heavily influenced by Confucian traditions, which greatly emphasize filial piety, and these ethical principles provide guidelines regarding power, roles, and responsibilities of each family 53
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... . Research suggests that the cultural ideal of filial piety is continually practiced with varying provisions, depending on local circumstances of historical, social, and familial configurations (Ikels, 2004)
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... Chinese population, less than one-third of the Chinese American community was born in the United States; nearly half of Chinese Americans speak English less than very well (Shinagawa, 2008)
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... . Based on the findings of a qualitative study with communitydwelling older adults in Chicago, depressive symptoms were associated with adverse health consequences from physical, cognitive, and mental health perspectives (Dong et al., 2012a)
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... There is also a need to increase accessibility and availability of elder abuse interventions at a systematic level. Community Support in Nurturing Filial Piety Values and Intergenerational Relationships Studies on elder abuse help-seeking behaviors among Chinese older adults concurred that if elder abuse cases happened in the community, seeking assistance from community service organizations would be the most viable solution (Dong et al., 2011a)
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... Consideration of these variables could be important to the design of culturally appropriate elder abuse interventions. Community-Based Participatory Research Methodology Taking culture into account is the prerequisite of delivering high-quality health care services to people from diverse sociocultural contexts (Kleinman et al., 1978; Tervalon, 2003)
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