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Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK
BACKGROUND: Migrants from South Asia living in developed countries have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), with limited research into underlying social causes. METHODS: We used social capital as an interpretive lens to undertake analysis of exploratory qualitative intervi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32957934 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09504-9 |
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author | Kokab, Farina Greenfield, Sheila Lindenmeyer, Antje Sidhu, Manbinder Tait, Lynda Gill, Paramjit |
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description | BACKGROUND: Migrants from South Asia living in developed countries have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), with limited research into underlying social causes. METHODS: We used social capital as an interpretive lens to undertake analysis of exploratory qualitative interviews with three generations of at-risk migrant Pakistani men from the West Midlands, UK. Perceptions of social networks, trust, and cultural norms associated with access to healthcare (support and information) were the primary area of exploration. RESULTS: Findings highlighted the role of social networks within religious or community spaces embedded as part of ethnic enclaves. Local Mosques and gyms remained key social spaces, where culturally specific gender differences played out within the context of a diaspora community, defined ways in which individuals navigated their social spheres and influenced members of their family and community on health and social behaviours. CONCLUSIONS: There are generational and age-based differences in how members use locations to access and develop social support for particular lifestyle choices. The pursuit of a healthier lifestyle varies across the diverse migrant community, determined by social hierarchies and socio-cultural factors. Living close to similar others can limit exposure to novel lifestyle choices and efforts need to be made to promote wider integration between communities and variety of locations catering to health and lifestyle. |
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spelling | pubmed-75078242020-09-23 Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK Kokab, Farina Greenfield, Sheila Lindenmeyer, Antje Sidhu, Manbinder Tait, Lynda Gill, Paramjit BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Migrants from South Asia living in developed countries have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), with limited research into underlying social causes. METHODS: We used social capital as an interpretive lens to undertake analysis of exploratory qualitative interviews with three generations of at-risk migrant Pakistani men from the West Midlands, UK. Perceptions of social networks, trust, and cultural norms associated with access to healthcare (support and information) were the primary area of exploration. RESULTS: Findings highlighted the role of social networks within religious or community spaces embedded as part of ethnic enclaves. Local Mosques and gyms remained key social spaces, where culturally specific gender differences played out within the context of a diaspora community, defined ways in which individuals navigated their social spheres and influenced members of their family and community on health and social behaviours. CONCLUSIONS: There are generational and age-based differences in how members use locations to access and develop social support for particular lifestyle choices. The pursuit of a healthier lifestyle varies across the diverse migrant community, determined by social hierarchies and socio-cultural factors. Living close to similar others can limit exposure to novel lifestyle choices and efforts need to be made to promote wider integration between communities and variety of locations catering to health and lifestyle. BioMed Central 2020-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7507824/ /pubmed/32957934 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09504-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kokab, Farina Greenfield, Sheila Lindenmeyer, Antje Sidhu, Manbinder Tait, Lynda Gill, Paramjit Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title | Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title_full | Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title_fullStr | Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title_full_unstemmed | Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title_short | Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK |
title_sort | social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the pakistani community, west midlands, uk |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32957934 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09504-9 |
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