Feeling sick: The experience and legitimation of illness

Telles, Joel Leon; Pollack, Mark H.

doi:10.1016/0271-7123(81)90007-9

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Women's views about the appropriateness of help-seeking also cohered with those of the general population (Telles and Pollack 1981). Black Caribbean women suggested that whilst it might be acceptable to seek help for physical conditions this was not the case for illnesses with less obvious (visible) signs.…”

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confidence: 87%

Ethnicity and mental health encounters in primary care: help-seeking and help-giving for perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women in the UK

Edge¹,

MacKian²

2010

Ethnicity & Health

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Perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women in the UK remains an intriguingly under-researched topic. Despite high levels of known psychosocial risks, Black Caribbeans remain relatively invisible among those seeking/receiving help for depression during and after pregnancy.In-depth interviews were undertaken with a purposive sample of twelve Black Caribbean women selected from a lager sample (n=101) to examine prevalence and psychosocial risks for perinatal depression among this ethnic group. The study also sought to explore women's models of help-seeking. During analysis, the context in which help-seeking/giving is mediated emerged as a key issue. We explore the nature of these encounters thereby opening up the possibility of finding common ground between service users and providers for enabling women to receive the care and support they need.Whether or not women configure depressive feelings as 'symptoms' requiring external validation and intervention is a reflection both of the social embeddedness of those individuals and of how 'help-givers' perceive them and their particular needs. We suggest that the ways in which helpseeking/giving are commonly conceptualised might offer at least a partial explanation for apparently low levels of diagnosed perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women. Popular approaches to health seeking behaviours within health promotion and practice focus on individuals as the fulcrum for change, tending to overlook their embeddedness within 'reflexive communities'. This might serve to reinforce the invisibility of Black Caribbean women both in mainstream mental health services and associated research. Alternative approaches may be required to achieve government targets to reduce inequalities in access, care, and treatment and to deliver more responsive and culturally-appropriate mental health services.

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Section: " [Emphasis In the Original] (Participant 7)mentioning

confidence: 87%

Ethnicity and mental health encounters in primary care: help-seeking and help-giving for perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women in the UK

Edge¹,

MacKian²

2010

Ethnicity & Health

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“…If she was healthy and matched with the patient, she was asked to participate in the study. In total, 147 attempts were necessary to select 25 matching controls (mean of 6 per case, range 1-25). One hundred six women did not meet the criteria, and 16 refused to participate.…”

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The social network characteristics of fibromyalgia patients compared with healthy controls

Bolwijn

Santen-Hoeufft

Baars

et al. 1996

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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“…There is identity on the type of reaction of the two generations. On the other hand, the hypothesis of the behavioural pattern in the vicarious learning (modelling) received several confirmations [22,23].…”

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confidence: 99%