title: African Americans' perceived sociocultural determinants of suicide: afrocentric implications for public health inequalities.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , Metropolitan State University of Denver , Denver , Colorado , USA.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: African American; Afrocentricity; culture; ethnicity; heal inequalities; public health; suicide