TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural health assets of somali and oromo refugees and immigrants in minnesota
T2 - Findings from a community-based participatory research project
AU - Lightfoot, Elizabeth
AU - Blevins, Jennifer
AU - Lum, Terry
AU - Dube, Amano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Meharry Medical College.
PY - 2016/2
Y1 - 2016/2
N2 - This community-based participatory research study sought to identify the cultural health assets of the Somali and Oromo communities in one Minnesota neighborhood that could be mobilized to develop culturally appropriate health interventions. Community asset mappers conducted 76 interviews with Somali and Oromo refugees in in Minnesota regarding the cultural assets of their community. A community-university data analysis team coded data for major themes. Key cultural health assets of the Somali and Oromo refugee communities revealed in this study include religion and religious beliefs, religious and cultural practices, a strong culture of sharing, interconnectedness, the prominence of oral traditions, traditional healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, traditional foods and medicine, and a strong cultural value placed on health. These cultural health assets can be used as building blocks for culturally relevant health interventions.
AB - This community-based participatory research study sought to identify the cultural health assets of the Somali and Oromo communities in one Minnesota neighborhood that could be mobilized to develop culturally appropriate health interventions. Community asset mappers conducted 76 interviews with Somali and Oromo refugees in in Minnesota regarding the cultural assets of their community. A community-university data analysis team coded data for major themes. Key cultural health assets of the Somali and Oromo refugee communities revealed in this study include religion and religious beliefs, religious and cultural practices, a strong culture of sharing, interconnectedness, the prominence of oral traditions, traditional healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, traditional foods and medicine, and a strong cultural value placed on health. These cultural health assets can be used as building blocks for culturally relevant health interventions.
KW - Africa
KW - Asset-based community development
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Cultural health assets
KW - Culture
KW - Eastern
KW - Emigrants and immigrants
KW - Health disparities
KW - Health promotion
KW - Refugees
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U2 - 10.1353/hpu.2016.0023
DO - 10.1353/hpu.2016.0023
M3 - Article
C2 - 27763468
AN - SCOPUS:85000401561
SN - 1049-2089
VL - 27
SP - 252
EP - 260
JO - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
JF - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
IS - 1
ER -