Table 1 Additional perspectives and frameworks underpinning cultural models of care.
Perspective/Framework | Goal or Key Tenets | Theorists/Authors |
|---|---|---|
Social Determinants of Health Approach | The social and economic conditions of individuals exert a powerful influence on health status. | Raphael [49] |
Ecosystemic Framework in the context of immigration and resettlement | An understanding of the context or environment is required to make sense of human behaviour. | Belsky [50] Guruge & Khanlou [51] |
Anti-oppressive frameworks | Oppressions are multi-faceted and manifest in respect of the multiple social identities we hold e.g. gender, ethnicity, economic status. | Moosa-Mitha [52] |
Post-colonial feminist perspectives | Challenges the dominance of patriarchy and takes account of the subjugation and oppression created by colonization and the subsequent legacy. | Reimer-Kirkham [53] Reimer-Kirkham & Anderson [54] |
Anti-racism | Challenges white Eurocentric perspectives. Collective societal change is a key tenet. | Die [55] Omi & Winant [56] |
Intersectionality | Multiple axes of inequality exist and intersect. | Hankivsky [57] |
Multiculturalism | Embracing of ethno-cultural difference whilst acknowledging the right to retain a unique cultural identity. | Canadian Heritage [58] |