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Anita Hunter

Publications and source records attributed to Anita Hunter.

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PubMed2006

Cross-cultural reliability of the Health Perception Index and the Health Control and Competence Index.

PURPOSE: To test the reliability of two Spanish instruments to measure (a) health perceptions, and (b) health control and competence. DESIGN: Triangulated methodology used with two different Latino populations. METHODS: Preliminary qualitative data were collected in Mexico. Based on themes from Mexico, data were collected from 44 men (Dominican Republic, n=24 ; Peru, n=20) with two instruments, the Health Competence and Control Index and the Health Perception Index. Alpha reliability estimates were obtained. FINDINGS: Results of the study confirmed reliability of the instruments in one of the Latino populations, consistent with understanding of the constructs found in the Mexican study. Reliability was low in the second Latino population. CONCLUSIONS: Although results from this study are useful, further translation and research procedures are needed to address the many differences among ethnically similar groups and to further strengthen internal and external validity of instruments designed to assess Latino men's perceptions of health and their control over health.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2004

Acculturation and adherence: issues for health care providers working with clients of Mexican origin.

Providing care to clients who come from different countries is a challenge for the American health care providers as they traverse the issues of cultural health beliefs and practices and language and knowledge deficits. It is just as difficult for the clients as they face new cultural customs, language barriers, and unfamiliar health care systems and medical management plans. Both parties face acculturation and adherence challenges. This article intends to address these issues as they pertain to clients of Mexican origin and to identify key points to be considered by providers when working with this population.

Acculturation↗

PubMed2003

Fatalism toward breast cancer among the women of Ghana.

Personal beliefs about health and illness influence many people's decisions about seeking care. This research represents a study of beliefs about breast cancer held by African women in Ghana. In-person interviews based on the revised Powe fatalism inventory (rPFI) were held with 109 women. Correlational analysis and factor analysis were performed. There were negative, nonsignificant associations between fatalism and age (r = -.095, p = 0.33), and educational level (r = -.078, p = .422). Fatalism scores were relatively low, 3.78 on an 11 -point scale. Comparisons are made to responses by African American women in other studies.

Adult↗

PubMed2002

Making meaning: the creative component in qualitative research.

Findings in qualitative research are often wondrous and exciting, expounding new knowledge and perceptions previously unknown. Qualitative research requires the researcher to ponder and reflect on the data collected so as to find the meaning within. Helping researchers learn how to perform this step is not well discussed in the qualitative literature, yet this is one of the more crucial components of this type of research. In this article, the incubation, the meaning-making phase of qualitative research, is discussed in relation to the experiences of five researchers who have used traditional processes, models, metaphors, plays, pastiche, poetry, and quilt making and design to help them make meaning.

Attitude↗