TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - African Americans' perceived sociocultural determinants of suicide: Afrocentric implications for public health inequalities
JO  - Social work in public health
A1  - Borum, Valerie
SP  - 656
EP  - 670
VL  - 29
IS  - 7
N2  - The cultural values of African Americans have not been adequately incorporated as a theoretical base to develop new public health models. The major objectives of this study were to explore, with a purposive sample, via seven focus groups, 40 African American college students, the following: How do (a) ethnic culture and (b) a "minoritized" status influence perceptions of sociocultural determinants in explaining increases in the incidence of suicide among African Americans? Thematic results of focus group discussions including the following: (a) racism, discrimination, and stereotyping; (b) U.S. individualism; (c) integration and cultural assimilation; and, (d) the prison industrial complex.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1937-1918
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2013.776339
ID  - ref1
ER  -