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Postpartum confinement is well-documented in China, where the tradition is known as "Sitting the month": 坐月子 "Zuò yuè zi" in Mandarin or 坐月 "Co5 Jyut2" in Cantonese. [11] The earliest record of the Chinese custom of postpartum confinement dates back over 2,000 years ago in the Book of Rites, where it was known as yuè nèi (月内 ...
Postpartum depression occurs in an estimated 30% of Chinese women 1–3 years postpartum. [25] A 2008 study found that postpartum depression (PPD) is twice as common in women who practiced zuoyuezi despite considering the practice unhelpful and in women who are cared for by their mother-in-law. [26]
The parents expected that extended stay overseas would result in language and cultural barriers, which would hamper the ability of their children to adapt to the culture of the host country. [1] Despite these fears, many parents of satellite babies reported feeling that they did not have a choice, and must send their children back to their home ...
A large part of Hmong women's culture is sewing. Hmong women are highly skilled and famous for their fine needlework and embroidery called paj ntaub (flower cloth). An example of this ancient craft can be found in Chinese art albums. Women spend years on one piece of clothing for a wedding or other celebratory attire.
The 2008 survey polled 5,159 Asian Americans between August and October 2008, in English and 7 Asian languages, and reported data on Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, and Vietnamese Americans. Most of the questions related to partisanship, political participation, and civic participation.
Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States are ethnic stereotypes found in American society about first-generation immigrants and their American-born descendants and citizenry with East Asian ancestry or whose family members who recently emigrated to the United States from East Asia, as well as members of the Chinese diaspora whose family members emigrated from Southeast Asian countries.
Cross-cultural rates of peri- and postpartum depression are difficult to interpret, as differences in cultural expressions of depression may lead to inaccurate diagnosis. The majority of screening instruments that test for peri- and postpartum depression were designed in Western contexts and as such emphasize symptoms that are common in Western ...
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item questionnaire that was developed to identify women who have postpartum depression. [1] Items of the scale correspond to various clinical depression symptoms, such as guilt feeling, sleep disturbance, low energy, anhedonia, and suicidal ideation. Overall assessment is done by total ...