Open AccessDo cultural values have a role in health equity? A study of Latina mothers and daughters.
Author(s) -
Karina Corona,
Belinda Campos,
Karen S. Rook,
Kelly A. Biegler,
Dara H. Sorkin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1939-0106
pISSN - 1099-9809
DOI - 10.1037/cdp0000262
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychology , health equity , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , public health , medline , psychiatry , medicine , nursing , political science , law
Recently, there has been a call to better understand Latino health and arrive at effective approaches for achieving health equity via research focusing on the association between cultural factors and health. This study examined whether familism, a cultural value that emphasizes warm and close family relationships, would attenuate the negative effects that perceived stress, a psychological process that can worsen health, can have on two physical health indicators- number of health conditions and bodily pain.