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Defining and Theorizing About Culture: The Evolution of the Cultural Determinants of Help-Seeking, Revised.
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- Contemplating Help-Seeking in Perinatal Psychological Distress-A Meta-Ethnography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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- Adaptation of the barriers to help-seeking for trauma (BHS-TR) scale: a cross-cultural cognitive interview study with female intimate partner violence survivors in Iceland.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2021Article
- Mental health stigma and professional help-seeking attitudes a comparison between Cuba and Germany.PloS one · 2021Article
- Testing the Effectiveness of the Health Belief Model in Predicting Preventive Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Romania and Italy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe recent interest in defining and theorizing about social determinants of health has illuminated the importance of culture as a central phenomenon of interest. However, cultural processes appear in multiple places in social determinants of health models, and their specifics are not delineated or operationalized.
objectivesThis theory development article describes the complexity of defining cultural variables and uses medical anthropology to show how cultural domains, constructs, and variables can be defined.
methodsUsing cultural anthropology theory, empirical work, and a literature synthesis as a starting point, the evolution of the cultural determinants of help-seeking theory is explored and the revision of the theory is highlighted.
resultsThe expanded theory include structural concepts as control variables, reframes illness as "suffering," and adds concepts of course, cure, manageability, meaning in life, functioning, social negativity, and perceived need. DISCUSSION: Strategies for and benefits of isolating and operationalizing cultural variables for middle-range theory development and testing are discussed.
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