Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry

This article articulates the hypothesis that people do not perceive health as a single dimensional phenomenon of a physical absence of disease. In contrast, health can be determined by multi-dimensional factors that include people’s lifestyle, their perception of health and illness, and their heal...

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Main Authors:	Vivien, Yew Wong Chin, Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 2014
Subjects:	GN Anthropology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/1/2_Sociocultural_determinants_2014.pdf

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spelling	iium-375612014-08-04T06:54:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/ Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry Vivien, Yew Wong Chin Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan GN Anthropology This article articulates the hypothesis that people do not perceive health as a single dimensional phenomenon of a physical absence of disease. In contrast, health can be determined by multi-dimensional factors that include people’s lifestyle, their perception of health and illness, and their health-seeking behaviour. By exploring available literature it highlights some of the studies which have generated mixed results and describes various social and cultural factors learnt across the research processes including the evidence that effective communication between doctors and patients can improve health outcomes such as patient satisfaction, patient adherence to treatment, and disease outcomes. Social support generally shows a favourable impact on the maintenance of health and coping with stress and illness. Patients who obtained social support from family members and friends were found to be more cooperative with their attending doctors and nurses in learning about their future and in understanding the meaning of life. Keywords: health, illness, sociocultural determinants, socioeconomic position, social support, stress Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/1/2_Sociocultural_determinants_2014.pdf Vivien, Yew Wong Chin and Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan (2014) Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry. Geografia: Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 10 (1). pp. 49-59. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/images/upload/5ok.geografia-jan-2014-vivien-edam.pdf
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spellingShingle	GN Anthropology Vivien, Yew Wong Chin Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
description	This article articulates the hypothesis that people do not perceive health as a single dimensional phenomenon of a physical absence of disease. In contrast, health can be determined by multi-dimensional factors that include people’s lifestyle, their perception of health and illness, and their health-seeking behaviour. By exploring available literature it highlights some of the studies which have generated mixed results and describes various social and cultural factors learnt across the research processes including the evidence that effective communication between doctors and patients can improve health outcomes such as patient satisfaction, patient adherence to treatment, and disease outcomes. Social support generally shows a favourable impact on the maintenance of health and coping with stress and illness. Patients who obtained social support from family members and friends were found to be more cooperative with their attending doctors and nurses in learning about their future and in understanding the meaning of life. Keywords: health, illness, sociocultural determinants, socioeconomic position, social support, stress
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author	Vivien, Yew Wong Chin Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan
author_facet	Vivien, Yew Wong Chin Mohd Noor, Noor Azlan
author_sort	Vivien, Yew Wong Chin
title	Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
title_short	Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
title_full	Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
title_fullStr	Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
title_full_unstemmed	Sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
title_sort	sociocultural determinants of health and illness: a theoretical inquiry
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37561/1/2_Sociocultural_determinants_2014.pdf
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