Framing the impact of culture on health: A systematic review of the PEN-3 cultural model and its application in public health research and interventions

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-46

  Iwelunmor, Juliet ^a   Newsome, Valerie ^b   Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; health behaviors; health interventions; PEN 3 cultural model

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DATA SET; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84893673592     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.857768     Document Type: Article

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