Culturally Interpreting Environment as Determinant and Experience of Health

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dc.contributor.authorBent, KN
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:12Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:12Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractIn minority communities, experiences of the environment and health disparities are frequently related. An important component of nursing practice in communities is to address these issues in cultural context to improve overall community health experiences. This present ethnographic study was conducted in an urban barrio community in which residents have responded to health threats posed by local environmental hazards with sustained community-focused health and development strategies. Data generation occurred during field visits in the community and included interviews, participant observation, field notes, participant-drawn maps, examination of artifacts and existing documents, and photography. Two dimensions define the community experience of the environment in this community:contamination and unhealthy community. The environment is a complex and multidimensional concept of central importance to community experiences. Environmental health cannot be addressed without first understanding that experience in cultural context.
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1043659603257008
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/hkmp-gay8
dc.identifier.citationBent, KN (2003) Culturally Interpreting Environment as Determinant and Experience of Health. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 14 (4). pp. 305-312.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 411
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22516
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectoutreach
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectmethodologies
dc.subjectdeterminants of health
dc.subjectHealth determinants
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjecthealth
dc.titleCulturally Interpreting Environment as Determinant and Experience of Health
dc.typeArticle

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