How Iranian lay people in three ethnic groups conceptualize a case of a depressed woman: An explanatory model

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-493

  Dejman, Masoumeh ^a,b   Setareh Forouzan, Ameneh ^b   Assari, Shervin ^c   Rasoulian, Maryam ^d   Jazayery, Alireza ^b   Malekafzali, Hossein ^d   Baradaran Eftekhari, Monir ^e   Falahat, Katayon ^e   Ekblad, Solvig ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

case vignette; depression; ethnic groups; explanatory model; lay people; women

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL TRADITION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

IRAN;

EID: 77958533226     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.488262     Document Type: Article

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