2010
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310362400
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Health, Religion, and Meaning: A Culture-Centered Study of Druze Women

Abstract: Against the backdrop of contesting the mainstream biomedical models of health communication, the culture-centered approach suggests dialogic research methodologies to coconstruct meanings of health through direct engagement with cultural communities. In this project, we engaged in in-depth interviews and informal conversations with elderly Druze women and their caregiver daughters to develop an understanding of the intersections of religion and health meanings in the context of aging women in this Lebanese com… Show more

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“…Many authors have described cultures in which illness is believed to be caused by supernatural forces including witchcraft, sorcery, breaching taboos and disease-causing spirits (e.g., [2225]). Supernatural explanations also dominated the discourse of ill-health causation in our study.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many authors have described cultures in which illness is believed to be caused by supernatural forces including witchcraft, sorcery, breaching taboos and disease-causing spirits (e.g., [2225]). Supernatural explanations also dominated the discourse of ill-health causation in our study.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Worldwide, an abundant literature now exists showing how ideas about disease causation and treatment embody wider cultural and moral values concerning the nature of health, well-being, social relationships, or life itself. Some of that literature is specific to Turkey and the Middle East (Adib 2004;Dole 2004Dole , 2006Good and Good 1992;Mateo Dieste 2012;Spadola 2009;Yehya and Dutta 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The involvement of communities and individuals as active agents or participants in defining health problems and developing solutions that are relevant and culturally appropriate is a key emphasis in the culturecentered approach (Dutta & Basnyat, 2008;Yehya & Dutta, 2010).…”
Section: Community Participation and Engagementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, in Nepal what is missing in . Participatorybased studies emphasize listening to the voices of cultural members as they understand their specific health issues to ensure representation, which offers an alternative entry point to the biomedical model that offers a universal approach without attending to the local contexts and understanding of health (Dutta & Basnyat, 2008;Yehya & Dutta 2010). This current study uses both community engagement and cultural centeredness frameworks to engage older adults as key stakeholders in HIV/AIDS prevention within the context of Kikuyu culture in rural Kenya.…”
Section: Community Participation and Engagementmentioning
confidence: 99%