Recent advances in cross-cultural measurement in psychiatric epidemiology: Utilizing 'what matters most' to identify culture-specific aspects of stigma

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 494-510

  Yang, Lawrence Hsin ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^b   Alvarado, Ruben ^c   Vega, Eduardo ^d   Link, Bruce George ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Mental Health Association of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Literature review; Measurement; Psychometric; Scales; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; GROUNDED THEORY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AMERICA; STEREOTYPING; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84899889858     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu039     Document Type: Article

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