Collaborative Partnership for Culture Care: Enhancing Health Services for the Arab Community

Kulwicki, Anahid; Miller, June; Schim, Stephanie Myers

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“…Vicarious shame, which was measured by an item that read, "It is shameful to have people with HIV/ AIDS in Saudi Arabia," was supported by 68.4% of participants. These findings demonstrate that shame, a master emotion for Arabs that guides and colors their perspectives and behaviors (Kulwicki, Miller, & Schim, 2000), influenced Saudi students' reactions to individuals with HIV/AIDS. Saudi students might associate AIDS with shame because they perceive AIDS more as a moral-religious issue than as a health condition.…”

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Stigmatization of Persons With HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia

Badahdah

2010

J Transcult Nurs

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Data about the stigmatization of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia are scarce. Recent statistics from Saudi Ministry of Health showed that 77% of HIV-positive Saudis were males. The present study analyzed data from 162 Saudi male college students. The findings suggest that students who knew less about HIV/AIDS were more likely to stigmatize persons living with HIV/AIDS than those who knew more. Neither degree of religiosity nor worry about HIV infection was related to AIDS stigma. However, AIDS-related shame was the best predictor of AIDS stigma. The findings of this study point to important suggestions for AIDS prevention programs in Saudi Arabia.

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Stigmatization of Persons With HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia

Badahdah

2010

J Transcult Nurs

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“…There is substantial evidence that culturally competent approaches to care, including language services, staff training, culturally appropriate health promotion, and organizational support, are effective (Taylor, 2005). Kulwicki, Miller, and Schim (2000) advocate for cultural diversity training for health care professionals caring for Arabs to address issues of discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice. Culturally sensitive care would enhance the health of Emirati women.…”

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Bridges and Barriers to Health: Her Story—Emirati Women's Health Needs

Winslow

Honein

2007

Health Care for Women International

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Health care services in the United Arab Emirates have developed rapidly in the last 30 years fueled by oil revenues. These services have been planned and provided predominantly by non-nationals, with mixed success. The authors identify aspects of the health care system and the sociocultural environment that create both barriers and bridges to holistic health for Emirati women. Barriers include early/consanguineous marriage, frequent childbearing, polygamy, and care that is lacking in competence and cultural sensitivity. Bridges include Islam, folk medicine, cultural traditions, and the opportunity to travel abroad for health care. Maids are seen as both a barrier and bridge at different times. Recommendations for future improvements include listening to Emirati women and providing more gender-appropriate, holistic, and culturally congruent programs.

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“…Even so, Cortis [32] found that nurses had difficulties in linking culture and spirituality to care, in order to meet the needs of minority ethnic patients. The importance of avoiding stereotypical thinking when encountering patients, especially for those who do not share the traditional majority culture, is highlighted by Brämberg [33] and Kulwicki, Miller & Myers Schim [34] . Simply having knowledge of specific cultural beliefs, traditions and practices in and of themselves is far from sufficient for developing essential caring skills [35,36] .…”

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Experiences of health and care when growing old in Norway - From the perspective of elderly immigrants with minority ethnic backgrounds

Thyli¹,

Hedelin²,

Athlin³

2014

Clinical Nursing Studies

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Background: Along with the growing population in Norway of older people with immigrant backgrounds from countries in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe there is a need for a better understanding of trans-cultural aging, illness experiences and care preferences among minorities and their families.Aim: This study explored older ethnic minority immigrants' experiences of growing old in Norway with a focus on health and care.Design: An explorative, descriptive design with a grounded theory approach was used. Method:The data was collected in Norway by means of open-ended interviews with nine ethnic minority immigrants representing an age span from 63 to 85 years. In total 15 interviews were conducted, with the sampling, data collection and analysis carried out simultaneously and guided by the constant comparative method.Results: This study showed that the most important issue when growing old in a new homeland as an ethnic minority immigrant was to be surrounded by one's family. When the needs for care increased due to changes in age and health, the family was seen as the only possible solution. Feelings of fear and distrust, language barriers, and preferences for the familiar care were reasons for this. Due to cultural rules it was taken for granted that the younger generation took on responsibility for their older parents/relatives in need of care, which led to feelings of dependency and being a burden. A high price had been paid for finding a new homeland. Conclusions and Implications for Practice:The elderly immigrants' expectations of care was found to be strongly connected with traditions from their native country, where it was taken for granted that the younger generation took the responsibility for their older parents/relatives in need of care. Our findings highlighted the dilemma of culturally determined controversies, as elderly immigrants' beliefs and values about care within the family may be rather difficult to unite with a life in a new Western society. Nursing practice needs to implement a more family-oriented care perspective in order to meet the needs of elderly people with ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds. Further it is important to increase elderly immigrants' feelings of trust and cultural safety towards health-care services.

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Collaborative Partnership for Culture Care: Enhancing Health Services for the Arab Community

Cited by 70 publications

References 6 publications

Stigmatization of Persons With HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia

Stigmatization of Persons With HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia

Bridges and Barriers to Health: Her Story—Emirati Women's Health Needs

Experiences of health and care when growing old in Norway - From the perspective of elderly immigrants with minority ethnic backgrounds

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