Cultural factors and help-seeking among victimized Latino women

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Sabina ◽  
Carlos A. Cuevas ◽  
Jennifer Lindmar Schally
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Latino Women

scholarly journals Cultural factors and sexual dysfunction in clinical practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishal Bhavsar ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Therapeutic Engagement

SummaryAttitudes to sex and the perceived role of sexual activity are very strongly influenced by cultural values. Culturally determined gender roles influence relationships between different-sex partners, and cultural values affect attitudes towards sexual variation. Cultures define what is deviant and from where help is sought. Through differing patterns of child-rearing, cultures also affect individuals' cognitive development, world views and explanatory models of emotional distress. It is critical that clinicians are aware of the role of culture in defining sexual dysfunction and how cultural factors can be used in initiating treatment as well as in therapeutic engagement and alliance. Although epidemiological data on prevalence of sexual dysfunction across cultures are scanty, it is likely that prevalences vary, as will pathways into care and patterns of help-seeking. In this article we discuss the potential impact of culture on sexual dysfunction, and issues that clinicians, whether in specialist or in general services, need to be aware of in assessing and treating patients who present with sexual dysfunction.

Selected Cultural Factors Associated with Physical Activity Among Latino Women

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine M. Jurkowski ◽  
Margarita Mosquera ◽  
Blanca Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Latino Women

Social and Cultural Factors Influence African American Men’s Medical Help Seeking

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek M. Griffith ◽  
Julie Ober Allen ◽  
Katie Gunter
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors

Cultural Formulation Interview

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorie Gilbert ◽  
Katarzyna Olcoń
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Formulation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cultural Assessment ◽  
Cultural Formulation Interview

Research indicates that practitioners’ cultural biases are a barrier to effective cross-cultural assessment; thus, social work practitioners must demonstrate the ability to appraise a client’s cultural context in assessing and treating mental health concerns. The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) provides practitioners with a standardized cultural assessment method for use in mental health practice. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the CFI with a focus on its four domains: (a) cultural definition of the problem; (b) cultural perception of cause, context, and support; (c) cultural factors affecting self-coping and past help-seeking; and (d) cultural factors affecting current help-seeking. Conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness vary across cultural subgroups, and the nation’s changing demographics underscore the need to give particular attention to how the CFI can be useful for improving cross-cultural assessment with historically excluded or marginalized racial and ethnic groups. The CFI is an important step towards culturally grounded assessments; however, it has several conceptualization and implementation limitations, including its narrow focus on individual-level cultural explanations of distress while the effects of social inequities remain masked. The article concludes with additional considerations for cross-cultural assessment and implications for social work education and practice.

scholarly journals The Content Validity of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Behnam Shariati ◽  
Amir-Abbas Keshavarz-Akhlaghi ◽  
Arash Mohammadzadeh ◽  
Ruohollah Seddigh
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cultural Formulation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cultural Perception ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Cultural Formulation Interview

Aims. The present study investigates content validity of the open-ended items in Cultural Formulation Interview in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Methods. After translating into Persian and assessing the content validity of the items and their modification by psychiatrists, the questionnaire was translated back into English by two translators and then retranslated into Persian. The final Persian version and its back-translation were submitted for approval to the DSM-5 design workshop in the United States. After obtaining the group’s approval on the back-translation and permission to use the questionnaire, samples were distributed among panel members and the content validity of the questionnaire was thus examined. Results. The content validity index (CVI) of cultural formulation interview was 0.51 and all the items were acceptable although some, especially those on the cultural perception of the context and the cultural factors affecting current help-seeking, had lower content validity ratios (CVR). Conclusion. The cultural formulation interview seems to have an overall acceptable content validity although it is weak and thus needs further studies in relation to the two domains of the cultural perception of the context and the cultural factors affecting help-seeking in the Iranian population.

Understanding Trauma Normativeness, Normalization, and Help Seeking in Homeless Mothers

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1523-1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Brush ◽  
Laura E. Gultekin ◽  
Elizabeth B. Dowdell ◽  
Denise M. Saint Arnault ◽  
Katherine Satterfield
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Housing Instability ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Homeless Mothers ◽  
Family Trauma ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Growing Population

Although trauma-informed approaches guide services to families experiencing homelessness, more emphasis is placed on securing housing than addressing underlying trauma contributing to housing instability. Examining the stories of 29 homeless and/or unstably housed mothers within the broader literature on family trauma and violence, chronic illness, and cultural aspects of family functioning, we define the process of trauma normativeness and normalization that may occur with repeated trauma experiences and argue that rehousing efforts must include concomitant attention to trauma and to understanding how individual, family, community, and cultural factors influence help-seeking behaviors in this vulnerable and growing population.

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