Concepts of Disease in Mexican‐American Culture¹

Ethnographic Evaluation of a Lay Health Promoter Program to Reduce Occupational Injuries among Latino Poultry Processing Workers

“…Because promoter programs focus on educating workers in ways that are culturally and educationally appropriate, they can address culture-specific issues. For example, many of the poultry workers in the North Carolina study area attribute their hand and wrist pain to arthritis caused by repeated exposure to cold water at work, which is consistent with humoral medicine beliefs in Mexico 23,24 and which have been seen in other Mexican workers in the U.S. 25 Respectfully acknowledging these beliefs while providing an alternative name for the condition, etiology, and treatment, as was done in the first lesson on musculoskeletal injuries, can create greater awareness in workers of the source of their conditions and encourage them to take advantage of resources such as workers' compensation.…”

Toward a Social Psychology of Food Use

“…Mid-American Review of Sociology A similar belief system is found among most Spanish-speaking people (Madsen, 195.5;Rubel, 1960;~azess, 1968;Harwood, 1971;Galli, 1975). It 1S also encountered m the Mediterranean, in Africa (DeGarine, 1972), and in Malaya (Wilson, 1971).…”

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“…Tampoco pudimos detectar entre ellas el concepto de pérdi-da o abandono del alma o del espíritu, que a veces se ha descrito como causa del susto, aunque algunos estudios sobre este tema se decantan más bien por que es el susto, o el espanto, el que provoca que el espíritu o el alma de una persona abandone su cuerpo (Rubel 1960, Rubel 1964, Glazer et al 2004. En cuanto a los «nervios», los definieron como una depresión causada por alguna desgracia, como la muerte de un hijo, para cuyo tratamiento conviene acudir al psiquiatra.…”