The Botánica as a Culturally Appropriate Health Care Option for Latinos

Chapter 62 outlines challenges faced by clinicians and provides a guide to embed key understandings that have emerged from recent research into practice. We present a series of principles guiding ‘ways of being’, which may assist clinicians achieve optimum outcomes with their clients; and we propose a framework for enhancing specific LI CBT interventions to increase cultural sensitivity and appropriateness, and to overcome limitations of classical CBT interventions.

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Developing a culturally appropriate mental health care service for Samoa

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry ◽

10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00201.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 108-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Matamua Iokapeta Sina Enoka ◽

Aliilelei Tenari ◽

Tupou Sili ◽

Latama Peteru ◽

Pisaina Tago ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Care Service ◽

Health Care Service ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Mental Health Care Service

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Directing Geriatric Health Care: Some Practical Issues

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.6.3-4.e126077603331641 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 6 (3-4) ◽

pp. 7-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dennis Wiedman

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Community Mental Health ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Health Unit ◽

Geriatric Population ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Mental Health Unit

In fifteen month's experience as Director of a geriatrics community mental health unit I have seen my anthropologist role changing from teacher and researcher to applied clinical anthropologist/gerontologist, from non-judgemental objective scientist to objective decision maker and modifier of human behavior. This article details some of the advantages and disadvantages of a Ph.D. in anthropology for such a clinical position. While particular applications of anthropological methods and theories can facilitate the management of culturally appropriate health care delivery to a geriatric population, other areas of training not usually taught to anthropologists could be of value in a medically responsible clinical position.

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African American and Asian American Elders: An Ethnogeriatric Perspective

Annual Review of Nursing Research ◽

10.1891/0739-6686.22.1.161 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 161-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MELEN R. MCBRIDE ◽

RENE D. LEWIS

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

African American ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Asian American ◽

Research Effort ◽

Community Health Care ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Utilization Of Services ◽

Care Health

By 2030, ethnic minority elders are expected to increase by 12%. Research about this highly diverse population is gaining momentum. This chapter summarizes selected research articles published after 1996 on access and utilization of services and resources by African American and Asian American elders. Computerized searches were made using PubMed and CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature) with the following terms used individually or combined: health care, aging, older adults, ethnicity, access, disparities, chronic illness, community health care, health beliefs, health practices, and ethnogeriatrics. Citations for 456 articles on two ethnic groups were retrieved; 155 were reviewed, and 84 citations were used for this chapter. The publications focus on African Americans (45%), Asian Americans (41%), and both groups (14%). Descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional studies dominate the research effort, identifying unmet needs, and a limited number are on culturally appropriate and acceptable interventions. Results are discussed in the context of ethnogeriatrics, and recommendations for future studies are proposed.

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‘Yassaba’ or the Fear of Being Abandoned

Anthropology in Action ◽

10.3167/aia.2017.240202 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 9-14

Author(s):

Maria Cristina Manca

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Ebola Virus ◽

Local Communities ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Local Populations ◽

Care Services

AbstractHealth promotion is dependent upon sharing information with local populations and adapting health-care services to make them more acceptable, and is an essential part of any Ebola intervention. Listening to the concerns of local communities and engaging them as active participants ensures that health promotion messages are relevant, acceptable and understandable as well as culturally appropriate. Ebola is associated with fear and death, thus understanding the significance and meanings of life, death, disease and sickness for the Kissi of Guinea Forestière (Guinea) is essential for ensuring acceptable health services. Community engagement was essential for this research to gain the trust of the Kissi and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information to reduce the transmission of the Ebola virus. This technical account is based on three periods of ethnographic fieldwork and health promotion activities conducted in Guinea between May 2014 and February 2015.

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Spirituality among American Indians in Health and Disease: Culturally Appropriate Recommendations for Health Care Providers

Home Health Care Management & Practice ◽

10.1177/108482230001200509 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 25-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leslie L. Randall ◽

Ben Muneta

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

American Indians ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Care Providers ◽

Health And Disease

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Maternal Perceptions to Open-Ended Questions about Life with Down Syndrome in Korea

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2016.2221 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Hyunkyung Choi ◽

Marcia Van Riper

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Down Syndrome ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Community Level ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Maternal Perceptions ◽

Written Responses ◽

Beliefs And Attitudes

In this study the authors explored maternal perceptions of life with Down Syndrome (DS) in Korea. Written responses to open-ended questions were collected as a part of a larger study and examined using content analysis. Most mothers commonly reported responses toward children with DS at both the societal and community level were negative. Many mothers acknowledged that even though there are ongoing challenges associated with being the mother of a child with DS, they have experienced unexpected joys as well. Increased awareness of cultural differences in beliefs and attitudes about children with DS and their care will help health care professionals develop culturally appropriate interventions.

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