This CIHR-funded pilot project puts into action recommendations made in the literature for cross-cultural end of life health care. Results of our previous research supported by a developmental grant from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation consistently suggest that services based on palliative care philosophy are underutilized by ethnic minority patients due to cultural barriers. These ...

The need for cultural competence and the need for evidence-based practice in mental health services are major issues in contemporary discourse, especially in the psychological treatment of people of color. Although these 2 paradigms are complementary in nature, there is little cross-fertilization in the psychological literature. The present article illustrates the complementary nature of these ...

This paper investigates the link between culture and website quality expectations. Website quality is measured through a recently developed instrument (WEBQUAL), while culture is measured through Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. The analysis reveals that two cultural dimensions (masculinity and long-term orientation) are associated with higher website quality expectations. The findings have impo...

Alexander Rödlach is an associate professor of anthropology and psychiatry at Creighton University in Omaha, USA. He studies cultural explanations of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe and conducts interdisciplinary research exploring how access to integrated medical services for HIV/AIDS and TB in Zimbabwe is influenced by cultural perceptions of both diseases. Further, he collaborates with others study...

BACKGROUND Muslim women are one sub-population in Ghana among whom the rate of skilled maternal health services accessibility and utilisation is very low. However, there are no studies in Ghana that explore the maternity needs and care experiences of Muslim women, and why they do not utilise maternal healthcare services at health facilities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the maternity...