Health
Cultural norms preventing adoption of vasectomy
Cultural beliefs and norms are making the adoption of vasectomy in Tanzania challenging.
Apr 9, 2020
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News tagged with cultural beliefs
Gerontology & Geriatrics
Intergenerational relationships promote aging immigrants' health, lower caregivers' stress
Filial piety—the traditional value of caring for one's elders—is central to the Chinese concept of family and has long shaped intergenerational relationships, daily life, and well-being, for older Chinese adults. The ...
Sep 9, 2019
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Health
Cultural awareness key to helping pregnant immigrant women eat healthy
Watermelon and honeydew melon are, by Canadian standards, healthy foods. But to a Chinese mom-to-be, they're considered dangerous enough to cause a miscarriage.
Nov 6, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds culturally sensitive treatments for chronic pain more effective
A Western Sydney University study has found that pain is experienced differently between cultures – and traditional treatment methods for chronic pain may not be effective for people from cultural and linguistically diverse ...
Oct 24, 2017
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Health
Coming face-to-face with disability could end supernatural myth-making in Africa
Many people in rural African communities still believe that disability is caused by supernatural forces, curses and as 'punishment' for wrongdoings - according to University of East Anglia research.
Aug 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Relying on faith, culture and family to reduce stress of caregivers
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling psychiatric disorder that affects about one percent of the population in the United States. Approximately 60 percent of those suffering from this condition live with a relative. ...
Nov 5, 2015
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Health
Monday's medical myth: You can think yourself better
Of all the cultural beliefs about health and illness that saturate the developed world, there is none so pervasive and deeply held as the idea that you can "battle" an illness by sheer force of will.
May 27, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Modern parenting may hinder brain development, researcher claims
(Medical Xpress)—Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a symposium ...
Jan 7, 2013
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Health
Baby's health is tied to mother's value for family
The value that an expectant mother places on family—regardless of the reality of her own family situation—predicts the birthweight of her baby and whether the child will develop asthma symptoms three years later, according ...
Dec 3, 2012
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Health
Why do some Mexican parents discourage teens' physical activity?
Imagine this scene: A teen who is about to enter college goes for a run or heads off for a game of soccer. But Mom and Dad complain about it, and the more physically active the teen is, the more the parents push back against ...
Dec 5, 2011
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