Why Culture Matters in Health Interventions: Lessons From HIV/AIDS Stigma and NCDs

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-84

  Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^a   Ford, Chandra L ^b   Iwelunmor, Juliet I ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

behavioral theories; culture; global health; HIV AIDS; obesity; PEN 3 model; social determinants; stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL THEORIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV/AIDS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PEN-3 MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARD; STIGMA;

BEHAVIORAL THEORIES; CULTURE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV/AIDS; OBESITY; PEN-3 MODEL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; STIGMA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84891893307     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113487199     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Adler N. E.,Stewart J.Reducing obesity: Motivating action while not blaming the victim.Milbank Quarterly. 2009;87:49-70.
2. Aikins A. D.Living with diabetes in rural and urban Ghana: A critical social psychological examination of illness action and scope for intervention.Journal of Health Psychology. 2003;8:557-572.
3. Aikins A. D.Strengthening quality and continuity of diabetes care in rural Ghana: A critical social psychological approach.Journal of Health Psychology. 2004;9:295-309.
4. Airhihenbuwa C. O.Perspectives on AIDS in Africa: Strategies for prevention and control.AIDS Education and Prevention. 1989;1:57-69.
5. Airhihenbuwa C. O.Health and culture: Beyond the Western paradigm. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1995:.
6. Airhihenbuwa C. O.Healing our differences: The crisis of global health and the politics of identity. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield; 2007:.
7. Airhihenbuwa C. O.Culture matters in global health.European Health Psychologist. 2010;12:52-55.
8. Airhihenbuwa C. O.,Iwelunmor J. I.Why culture matters in reducing the dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases: Linking non-communicable and communicable diseases. Geneva, Switzerland: The Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting; 2012:.
9. Airhihenbuwa C.,Okoror T.,Shefer T.,Brown D.,Iwelunmor J.,Smith E.,Shisana O.Stigma, culture, and HIV and AIDS in the Western Cape, South Africa: An application of the PEN-3 cultural model for community-based research.Journal of Black Psychology. 2009;35:407-432.
10. Akpanyung E. O.Proximate and mineral element composition of bouillon cubes produced in Nigeria.Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. 2005;45:327-329.
11. Alwan A. D.,Galea G.,Stuckler D.Development at risk: Addressing noncommunicable diseases at the United Nations high-level meeting.Bulletin of World Health Organization. 2011;89:546A.
12. Awah P.,Unwin N.,Phillimore P.Diabetes mellitus: Indigenous naming, indigenous diagnosis and self-management in an African setting.BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2009;9:5.
13. Barbara S.,Krass I.Self management of type 2 diabetes by Maltese immigrants in Australia: Can community pharmacies play a supporting role?.International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2012;:.
14. Beaglehole R.,Bonita R.,Horton R.,Adams C.,Alleyne G.,Asaria P.Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis.Lancet. 2011;377:1438-1447.
15. BeLue R.,Okoror T. A.,Iwelunmor J.,Taylor K. D.,Degboe A. N.,Agymang C.,Ogedegbe G.An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: A socio-cultural perspective.Globalization and Health. 2009;5:10.
16. Choi K. H.,Yep G. A.,Kumekawa E.HIV prevention among Asian and Pacific Islander American men who have sex with men: A critical review of theoretical models and directions for future research.AIDS Education and Prevention, 10. 1998;:19-30.
17. Cowdery J. E.,Parker S.,Thompson A.Application of the PEN-3 model in a diabetes prevention intervention.Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2010;4:26-41.
18. Dietz W. H.,Story M. T.,Leviton L. C.Introduction to issues and implications of screening, surveillance, and reporting of children's BMI.Pediatrics. 2009;124:S1-S2.
19. Dutta M. J.Communicating about culture and health: Theorizing culture-centered and cultural sensitivity approaches.Communication Theory. 2007;17:304-328.
20. Elemo B. O.,Makinde M. A.Biochemical studies on prolonged consumption of bouillon cubes: Assessment of sodium and monoglutamate concentration.Nigerian Journal of Science. 1984;5:465-448.
21. Erwin D. O.,Trevino M.,Saad-Harfouche F. G.,Rodriguez E. M.,Gage E.,Jandorf L.Contextualizing diversity and culture within cancer control interventions for Latinas: Changing interventions, not cultures.Social Science & Medicine. 2010;71:693-701.
22. Fitzgibbon M. L.,Beech B. M.The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screening.Pediatrics. 2009;124:S50-S62.
23. Ford C. L.,Whetten K. D.,Hall S. A.,Kaufman J. S.,Thrasher A. D.Black sexuality, social construction and research targeting "The Down Low" ("The DL").Annals of Epidemiology. 2007;17:209-216.
24. Goffman E.Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 1963:.
25. Henry-Unaeze H. N.Consumer knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of monosodium glutamate and food grade bouillon cubes as dietary constituents.Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. 2010;9:76-80.
26. Herek G. M.,Capitanio J. P.,Widaman K. F.Stigma, social risk, and health policy: Public attitudes toward HIV surveillance policies and the social construction of illness.Health Psychology. 2003;22:533-540.
27. Iwelunmor J.,Zungu N.,Airhihenbuwa C. O.Rethinking HIV/AIDS disclosure among women within the context of motherhood in South Africa.American Journal of Public Health. 2010;100:1393-1399.
28. James D. C.Factors influencing food choices, dietary intake, and nutrition-related attitudes among African Americans: Application of a culturally sensitive model.Ethnicity and Health. 2004;9:349-367.
29. Kagawa Singer M.Applying the concept of culture to reduce health disparities through health behavior research.Preventive Medicine. 2012;55:356-361.
30. Kannan S.,Webster D.,Sparks A.,Acker C.,Turner T.Using a cultural framework to assess the nutrition influences in relation to birth outcomes among African American women of childbearing age: Application of the PEN-3 theoretical model.Health Promotion Practice. 2009;10:349-358.
31. Kerry S. M.,Emmett L.,Micah F B.,Martin-Peprah R.,Antwi S.,Phillips R. O.,Cappuccio F. P.Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake, and its dietary sources, in Ashanti, West Africa.Ethnicity & Disease. 2005;15:33-39.
32. Kinsler J. J.,Wong M. D.,Sayles J. N.,Davis C.,Cunningham W. E.The effect of perceived stigma from a health care provider on access to care among a low-income HIV-positive population.AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2007;21:584-592.
33. Kleinman A.,Hall-Clifford R.Stigma: A social, cultural and moral process.Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2009;63:418-419.
34. Kumanyika S. K.Environmental influences on childhood obesity: Ethnic and cultural influences in context.Physiology and Behavior. 2008;94:61-70.
35. Kumanyika S. K.,Obarzanek E.Pathways to obesity prevention: Report of a National Institutes of Health workshop.Obesity Research. 2003;11:1263-1274.
36. Lago R. M.,Singh P. P.,Nesto R. W.Diabetes and hypertension.Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2007;3:667.
37. Li L.,Liang L. J.,Lin C.,Wu Z.,Rotheram-Borus M. J.HIV prevention intervention to reduce HIV-related stigma: Evidence from China.AIDS. 2010;24:115-122.
38. Link B. G.,Phelan J. C.Conceptualizing stigma.Annual Review of Sociology. 2001;27:363-385.
39. Link B. G.,Phelan J. C.Stigma and its public health implications.Lancet. 2006;367:528-529.
40. Livingood W. C.,Allegrante J. P.,Airhihenbuwa C. O.,Clark N. M.,Windsor R. C.,Zimmerman M. A.,Green L. W.Applied social and behavioral science to address complex health problems.American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011;41:525-531.
41. Meyer I. H.Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence.Psychological Bulletin. 2003;129:674-697.
42. Meyer I. H.,Schwartz S.,Frost D. M.Social patterning of stress and coping: Does disadvantaged social status confer more stress and fewer coping resources?.Social Science & Medicine. 2008;67:368-379.
43. Millett G. A.,Flores S. A.,Peterson J. L.,Bakeman R.Explaining disparities in HIV infection among black and white men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis of HIV risk behaviors.AIDS. 2007;21:2083-2091.
44. Millett G.,Malebranche D. J.,Mason B.,Spikes P.Focusing "down low": Bisexual black men, HIV risk and heterosexual transmission.Journal of the National Medical Association. 2005;97:52-59.
45. Morland K.,Wing S.,Diez Roux A.The contextual effect of the local food environment on residents' diets: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study.American Journal of Public Health. 2002;92:1761-1767.
46. Muula A. S.,Mfusto-Bengo J. M.When is public disclosure of HIV seropositivity acceptable?.Nursing Ethics. 2005;12:288-295.
47. Nnorom I. C.,Osibanjo O.,Ogugua K.Trace heavy metals levels of some bouillon cubes and food condiments readily consumed in Nigeria.Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. 2007;6:122-127.
48. Okoror T.,Belue R.,Zungu N.,Adams A.,Airhihenbuwa C. O.HIV positive women: Perceptions of stigma in healthcare setting in Western Cape, South Africa.Health Care for Women International. 2012;:.
49. Petros G.,Airhihenbuwa C. O.,Simbayi L.,Ramlagan S.,Brown B.HIV/AIDS and "othering" in South Africa: The blame goes on.Culture, Health, and Sexulaity. 2006;8:67-77.
50. Poindexter C. C.,Shippy R. A.HIV diagnosis disclosure: Stigma management and stigma resistance.Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 2010;53:366-381.
51. Sacco R.,Smith S.,Holmes D.,Shrun S.,Brawley O.,Cazap E.,Varmus H.Accelerating progress on non-communicable diseases.Lancet. 2011;:.
52. Saulsberry A.,Corden M. E.,Taylor-Crawford K.,Crawford T. J.,Johnson M.,Froemel J.,Van Voorhees B. W.Chicago Urban Resiliency Building (CURB): An Internet-based depression-prevention Intervention for urban African-American and Latino adolescents.Journal of Child and Family. 2013;22:150-160.
53. Scarinci I. C.,Bandura L.,Hidalgo B.,Cherrington A.Development of a theory-based, culturally-relevant intervention on cervical cancer prevention among Latina immigrants using intervention mapping.Health Promotion Practice. 2012;13:29-40.
54. Smith D. J.,Mbakwem B. C.Antiretroviral therapy and reproductive life projects: Mitigating the stigma of AIDS in Nigeria.Social Science & Medicine. 2010;71:345-352.
55. Sofolahan Y. A.,Airhihenbuwa C. O.Childbearing decision making: A qualitative study of women living with HIV/AIDS in Southwest Nigeria.AIDS Research and Treatment. 2012;2012:1-8.
56. Takahashi L. M.Stigmatization, HIV/AIDS, and communities of color: Exploring response to human service facilities.Health and Place. 1997;3:187-199.
57. United Nations General Assembly. (2011). Political declaration of the high level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F66%2FL.1&Lang=E.
58. Whiting D. R.,Guariguata L.,Weil C.,Shaw J.IDF diabetes atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030.Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2011;94:311-321.
59. World Health Organization. (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Commission on Social Determinants (Final Report). Retrieved from www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html.
60. World Health Organization. (2011a). Global database on body mass index. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp.
61. World Health Organization. (2011b). Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2010. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd_report2010/en/.
62. Williams M.,Amoateng P.Knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer screening among men in Kumasi, Ghana.Ghana Medical Journal. 2012;46:147-151.
63. Yang L. H.,Kleinman A.,Link B. G.,Phelan J. C.,Lee S.,Good B.Culture and stigma: Adding moral experience to stigma theory.Social Science & Medicine. 2007;64:1524-1535.