PEN- 3 Model of Delaware Latino/Hispanics: Global, Environmental, and Cultural Aspects of Health

PEN- 3 Model of Delaware Latino/Hispanics
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PEN- 3 Model of Delaware Latino/Hispanics
PEN- 3 Model of Delaware Latino/Hispanics on Cultural Influences on Prevention and Management of Outbreak
PEN-3 domains

Positive

Negative

Existential

Cultural Identity
Person, Extended Family, Neighborhood

Person

Latina people take vaccines recommended by the ministry of health.

Some Latina people opt not to take vaccines citing health concerns that stem from misinformation on the media about highly contagious diseases CITATION Cas12 \l 1033 (Cassady, Castaneda, Ruelas, Vostrejs, & Teresa Andrews, 2012)

A small percentage have not vaccinated their children against viral diseases. Tough they live amongst other people who are immunized, they still pose a threat towards managing outbreaks of known diseases.

Extended Family

Family Members may provide Herd Immunity. The family also influences individuals to take necessary steps to avoid contracting highly contagious diseases

The family may influence individuals/parents not to vaccinate children against viral diseases CITATION Eri20 \l 1033 (Bonnevie, et al., 2020).

A large number of Latina families believe in the importance of vaccination and take measures collectively.

Neighborhood

A neighborhood may help organize for vaccination and other intervention efforts. Some neighborhoods mobilize people and raise awareness as well as help the healthcare workers to administer vaccines.

Neighborhood facilities shared by community members such as schools and churches can facilitate the spread of an outbreak.
An outbreak would spread fast amongst members of any Latino community.

While most still follow the Ministry of Health's general guidelines on the outbreak, a small substrate of the population ignores the guidelines. Mostly they are influenced by their political leanings.

Relationships
Perceptions, Enablers, and Nurturers

Perceptions

Vaccination is dependent on the narrative propagated by the media.

A significant percentage of ...