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Fajinmi, Oluwatoyin L.

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Cultural and Religious Beliefs and Their Influence on Mental Healthcare Decisions among West African Males.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cultural and Religious Beliefs and Their Influence on Mental Healthcare Decisions among West African Males./
Author:	Fajinmi, Oluwatoyin L.
Description:	221 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-05B(E).
Subject:	Mental health. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10247750
ISBN:	9781369421477

Cultural and Religious Beliefs and Their Influence on Mental Healthcare Decisions among West African Males.
Fajinmi, Oluwatoyin L.

Cultural and Religious Beliefs and Their Influence on Mental Healthcare Decisions among West African Males. - 221 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Wilmington University (Delaware), 2016.

Aim: The aim of the research study is to investigate how the cultural & religious beliefs and of West African males in the U.S. influenced their mental healthcare decisions and experiences.

ISBN: 9781369421477Subjects--Topical Terms:

534751
Mental health.

Cultural and Religious Beliefs and Their Influence on Mental Healthcare Decisions among West African Males.
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500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.
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520 $a Introduction: Due to the dearth of research on mental health problems and healthcare among West African males in the U.S. there are many unknowns about how this population views mental health problems and how best to address them. This study was designed to learn more about what influences the mental health care among West African males in the U.S.
520 $a Literature Review: The literature review explored the available research on the lived experiences of treatment decisions among West African males with mental health issues as well as how homeland socio-cultural and religious beliefs of West Africans who migrated to United States influenced their attitudes towards the use of healthcare to specifically deal with mental health problems. It also explored how religion, culture, mental health stigma and lack of healthcare trust influenced how West African males make mental health decisions.
520 $a Methodology: A qualitative methodological framework rooted in a phenomenological exploration was used. Fifteen Christian West African men residing in the Philadelphia area of the U.S. who had experienced mental health illnesses were interviewed to develop an understanding of how their cultural and religious beliefs influenced their mindset about mental health and the decisions made to seek mental health care. Textural descriptions of the significant statements and themes were developed to describe the experience of the participants.
520 $a Results: This qualitative study found, that there were precipitating events that led to a mental illness diagnosis in all the participants. The majority of the participants lacked the ability to recognize their own symptoms. In most cases, the symptoms of mental illness were recognized by others. Ninety-three percent of the participants believed that mental illness was the devil's work; twenty-one percent believed that mental illness was caused by witchcraft or evil spirits. Forty-six percent of the study participants said that West African cultures ignore mental illness and sixty percent also believed that mentally ill were outcasts. Sixty-six percent of the participants believed in the power of prayers as the cure for mental illness, though one hundred percent of the participants have positive attitudes toward hospitals. The participant's views about the influence of gender in seeking mental health care varied. Sixty-percent believed women go to the doctors more than men; thirteen percent said women were more in tune with their bodies, while thirteen percent believed both genders go to the doctors similarly. The study also found that twenty-seven percent of the participants rejected the use of western medicine remedies, thirty-three percent faithfully took their medications as prescribed when prompted by others and only forty percent took their medications regularly. Religion was very important to the West African participants with sixty percent of the participants believing that God and prayer was the treatment of choice for dealing with mental illness.
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