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Making the Invisible Visible: Identifying and Articulating Culture in Practice‐Based Evidence
Author(s) -
Abe Jennifer,
Grills Cheryl,
Ghavami Negin,
Xiong Ghia,
Davis Carlene,
Johnson Carrie
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1002/ajcp.12266
Subject(s) - indigenous , queer , transgender , sociology , focus group , intervention (counseling) , lesbian , health psychology , culturally appropriate , pacific islanders , community based participatory research , traditional knowledge , conceptual framework , psychology , social psychology , gender studies , public health , medicine , ethnic group , gerontology , social science , participatory action research , nursing , anthropology , ecology , psychiatry , biology
This study describes a conceptual tool, labeled the “culture cube,” developed to identify and articulate the cultural underpinnings of prevention and early intervention projects in five priority populations (i.e., African American, Asian Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning), participating in the California Reducing Disparities Project Phase 2 ( CRDP Phase 2). The culture cube was developed for evaluation of these practice‐based evidence services ( PBE s) for three purposes: (a) to focus attention on revealing and articulating more fully the operative worldview and culturally grounded frameworks underlying PBE s, explicitly identifying the links between cultural beliefs and values, community needs, and intervention design; (b) to guide the methods used to assess and evaluate PBE s so that the outcome indicators and process measures are conceptually consistent, community defined, and culturally centered; and (c) to invite communities to use their own indigenous epistemological frameworks to establish credible evidence. After reviewing the literature in this area and describing the theoretical framework for the culture cube, we describe its development, application, and the response to its use in the initial stages of the California Reducing Disparities Project‐Phase 2.