therapies such as deep breathing, Musculoskeletal problems While the survey is not as
meditation, massage therapy, and like back, neck, and joint pain are comprehensive as the national
yoga, which all showed increases. the health conditions that most census, it does capture valuable
According to the survey, frequently prompted the use of data about the field of natural
CAM therapies among adults, health and holistic nutrition and
according to the survey results. all the associated therapies and
A More Natural State of the Union:
The use of CAM therapies for modalities. A steadily increasing
head or chest colds, anxiety and interest in and use of CAM as
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage in the United States Today
depression, and insomnia showed demonstrated in the survey results
decreases in use among adults. prove that a natural health life-
The survey results also style is here to stay, and that is
revealed that the apples do not great for CCNH and for you. We
fall far from the tree. Children can continue to fulfill our mission
whose parents use CAM thera- of teaching students to be healthy
pies were almost twice as likely so that you may teach others to
as all children in the United be healthy. Imagine 2012 survey
States to have used non-vitamin, results that showed another
non-mineral natural products, increase in use of CAM among
chiropractic or osteopathic manip- adults and children, and imagine
people of all backgrounds use ulation, deep breathing exercises, having a part in making that
CAM, but the greatest use is yoga, and homeopathy in the past happen.
found among women and those 12 months. To read the full report
with higher levels of educa- Sociological data about chil- or view graphics, visit
tion and higher incomes. Fifty dren’s use of CAM shows a higher nccam.nih.gov/news/camstats/
percent of American Indian/ usage among white children 2007.
Alaska natives who responded to (12.8 percent) when compared to
Tara NiCoLe BrowN
the survey reported using CAM, Hispanic children (7.9 percent)
followed by 43 percent of whites, and black children (5.9 percent).
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40 percent of Asians, 26 percent CAM therapies also rated higher Eisenberg, D. M., Kessler, R. C., Foster,
blacks, and 24 percent Hispanics in usage among children with
C., Norlock, F. E., Calkins, D. R.,
who answered the survey and six or more health conditions
Delbanco, T.L. (1993). Unconventional
medicine in the United States:
reported using CAM therapies in (23.8 percent) and children
Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use.
their health regimens. The most whose families delayed conven-
NEJM, 328, 246-252.
commonly used CAM therapy tional care because of cost (16.9
among adults are non-vitamin percent). The age group that most
National Institutes of Health, National
and non-mineral natural products, frequently incorporated CAM Center for Complementary and
with fish oils/omega-3, glucos- methods was 12 to 17 year olds.
Alternative Medicine. (December
amine, echinacea, flaxseed, and Overall, approximately 12 percent
2008). The use of complementary and
alternative medicine in the united
ginseng rounding out the top five. of children used some form of
states. Fact sheet.
Fish oils/omega-3 saw the greatest CAM.
increase in use among adults from
12 percent in 2002 to 37 percent
in 2007.
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