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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Cultural factors related to immigrants' health: a scoping review.

Sujin Choi, Eunjeong Kang

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sujin ChoiDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Republic of Korea.
Eunjeong KangDepartment of Health Administration and Management, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Republic of Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: This scoping review investigates the cultural factors influencing the health of immigrants by applying Donabedian's structure-process-outcome (SPO) model. While immigrant health has been extensively studied, cultural factors have not been systematically analyzed within a comprehensive healthcare quality framework. Methods: Following the Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework, 42 studies were identified and analyzed using the SPO model to categorize cultural factors into structural, process, and outcome dimensions. Results: Structural factors included social support, discrimination, ethnicity, language barriers, cultural competence, and parents' culturalism. Process factors included acculturation to new cultures, while outcome factors encompassed acculturative stress and an ethnic identity crisis. Social support and cultural competence were crucial for mitigating health challenges, whereas discrimination and language barriers were significant obstacles. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of an integrated approach to understanding immigrant health by addressing cultural factors within a structured health model. Our findings provide actionable insights for planning culturally sensitive policies and services to enhance immigrant health outcomes.

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Cultural CompetencyEmigrants and ImmigrantsHealth StatusAcculturationCommunication BarriersHumansSocial Supportcultural factorsDonabedian modelhealth equityimmigrantspublic health

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PMID40606115
PMCPMC12213728

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