The perceptions about healthy lifestyles of Canadian immigrant women from collectivist culture backgrounds
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2013-11-12
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Sabir, Ghezal
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Objectives. To describe the barriers and facilitators to healthy lifestyle behaviours among immigrant women from collectivist culture backgrounds and to determine if the constructs emerging from the data were similar to the constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods. Semi-structured in-depth interviews (n=10) and three focus groups (n=22) were conducted with eligible participants using interview guides. Constant comparison method was utilized to extract themes. Results. Four major themes appeared to influence the participants’ health behaviours: cultural and ingroup influences, health behaviour beliefs, opportunities and challenges, and reactions to norms. The majority of HBM constructs were relevant only in relation to these major themes. Cues to action and perceived severity appeared to influence participants’ health behaviours the least. Conclusions. HBM’s constructs appear to be applicable to this group when they highlight the relevance of social relationships that underlie cultural values as these are the strongest factors influencing participants’ health behaviours.
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immigrant, collective, Health, culture