Publications & Research

Below you will find publications and research related to both the H2INC and D2INC projects. If you cannot access the articles, visit the Contact Us page. We will be happy to email you copies of any of these.

Ho, E. Y., Leung, G., Chao, M. T., Pritzker, S. E., Hsieh, E., Chi, H.-L., Chan, D., Huang, S., Ruan, Q., & Seligman, H. K. (2021). Integrative nutritional counseling combining Chinese medicine and biomedicine for Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 27(8), 657-668. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2020.0558

Woo, J., Ho, E. Y., Jih, J. (2021). Heart healthy integrative nutritional counseling group session was held in primary care. It focused on Chinese Americans with cardiovascular risk factors or disease. This was a quality improvement pilot. Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 8, 127-133. https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol8/iss2/7/  

Ho, E. Y., Leung, G., Chao, M. T., Pritzker, S. E., Hsieh, E., Chi, H.-L., Chan, D., Huang, S., Ruan, Q., & Seligman, H. K. (2020). This study is a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. It compares Integrative Nutritional Counseling to standard diabetes self-management education for Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Health Equity, 4, 410-420. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0002

Ho, E. Y., Leung, G., Chi, H.-L., Huang, S., Zhang, H., Ting, I., Chan, D., Chen, Y., Pritzker, S., Hsieh, E., & Seligman, H. K. (2019). Integrative medicine focus groups as a source of patient agency and social change in Dutta, M. & Zapata, D. (Eds.). Communicating for Social Change: Intersection of Theory and Praxis. pp. 285-310. Palgrave-McMillan: Singapore.

Ho, E. Y., Acquah, J., Chao, C., Leung, G., Ng, D., Chao, M. T., Wang, A., Ku, S., Chen, W., Yu., C. K., Xu, S., Chen, M., & Jih, J. (2018). Heart healthy integrative nutritional counseling (H2INC) focuses on creating a curriculum. It combines Chinese and Western medicine patient education for Chinese Americans with heart disease. Patient Education & Counseling, 101, 2202-2208. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.011

Leung, G., Ho, E. Y., Chi, H.-L., Chen, Y., Ting, I., Huang, S., Zhang, H., Pritzker, S., Hsieh, E., & Seligman, H. (2018). “We (Tang) Chinese”: Contemporary health management and identity positioning among Cantonese Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 11, 271-285. doi: 10.1080/17513057.2018.1487071

Ho, E. Y., Lalancette, C., & Leung, G., (2015). “Using Chinese medicine in a Western way”: Negotiating integrative Chinese medicine treatment for type 2 diabetes. Communication & Medicine, 12, 41-54, doi: 10.1558/cam.v12i1.25993.

Ho, E. Y., Tran, H., & Chesla, C. A. (2015). Assessing the cultural in culturally sensitive printed patient education materials for Chinese Americans with Type 2 diabetes. Health Communication, 30, 39-49. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2013.835216

Ho, E. Y., Chesla, C. A., & Chun, K. M. (2012). Health communication with Chinese Americans about type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, 38, 66-75. doi: 10.1177/0145721711428774

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