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Understanding the dynamics of illness and help-seeking: event-structure analysis and a Cambodian-American narrative of "Spirit Invasion"

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  • Uehara, Edwina S.

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Event structure analysis (ESA) and its computer analog, ETHNO, represent a class of relatively new methodological approaches that make it possible to capture the complexity of help-seeking interactions. Using narrative data from a study of Cambodian-American help-seeking interactions within a circumscribed illness episode, this paper demonstrates the feasibility of using ESA/ETHNO to illuminate how event sequence, operant illness beliefs, structural conditions, and human agency interpenetrate and shape the occurrence and timing of pivotal actions and the dénouement of a help-seeking episode.

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  • Uehara, Edwina S., 2001. "Understanding the dynamics of illness and help-seeking: event-structure analysis and a Cambodian-American narrative of "Spirit Invasion"," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 519-536, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:52:y:2001:i:4:p:519-536
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    1. Wyke, Sally & Adamson, Joy & Dixon, Diane & Hunt, Kate, 2013. "Consultation and illness behaviour in response to symptoms: A comparison of models from different disciplinary frameworks and suggestions for future research directions," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 79-87.
    2. Slone, Michelle & Meir, Yael & Tarrasch, Ricardo, 2013. "Individual differences in referral for help for severe emotional difficulties in adolescence," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(11), pages 1854-1861.
    3. Munson, Michelle R. & Jaccard, James & Smalling, Susan E. & Kim, Hyunsoo & Werner, James J. & Scott, Lionel D., 2012. "Static, dynamic, integrated, and contextualized: A framework for understanding mental health service utilization among young adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(8), pages 1441-1449.

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