Cultural beliefs on disease causation in the Philippines: challenge and implications in genetic counseling

被引：36

作者：

Abad P.J.B. ^{[1
,3
]}

Tan M.L. ^{[2
]}

Baluyot M.M.P. ^{[3
,5
]}

Villa A.Q. ^{[3
,5
]}

Talapian G.L. ^{[3
,6
]}

Reyes M.E. ^{[3
,4
]}

Suarez R.C. ^{[3
,4
]}

Sur A.L.D. ^{[3
,5
]}

Aldemita V.D.R. ^{[3
]}

Padilla C.D. ^{[3
,4
,5
]}

Laurino M.Y. ^{[3
,5
,7
]}

机构：

[1] College of Nursing, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila

[2] College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

[3] Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila

[4] Newborn Screening Reference Center, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila

[5] Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila

[6] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City

[7] Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle

来源：

Journal of Community Genetics | 2014年 / 5卷 / 4期

关键词：

Cultural beliefs; Genetic counseling; Philippines;

D O I：

10.1007/s12687-014-0193-1

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

The provision of culturally competent health care is an important professional issue recognized by the pioneer genetic counselors in the Philippines. Being an archipelago consisting of 7,107 islands, the Philippines has approximately 175 ethnolinguistic groups with their own unique cultural identity and health practices. The emphasis on culture in our genetic counseling training recognizes its crucial role in molding an individual’s conceptualization of health, as well as other life aspects, especially since the Filipino culture is a mixture of indigenous as well as imported and borrowed elements. As part of this endeavor, we will describe in this paper seven common Filipino cultural beliefs: namamana, lihi, sumpa, gaba, pasma, namaligno, and kaloob ng Diyos. We will also share examples on how these common beliefs provide explanation as cause of illness and its implications in our genetic counseling profession. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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页码：399 / 407

页数：8

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