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Masculinity and health practices among male Kurdish immigrants to the US

Othman, Jihad K.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439301544

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2015, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Sociology.
The purpose of this research study is to learn how Kurdish men immigrants in the United States navigate an environment that is both considerably more health conscious than the one they came from and guided by a different set of masculine values and expectations. It investigates Kurdish immigrant men’s health behaviors along with their masculine values as a minority group in the United States. It addresses how immigrant men make sense of and adjust to, on the one hand, a widespread emphasis on health that compels them to exercise and watch what they eat and, on the other hand, a culture defined by cars and fast food. The study is qualitative and based on interviews with 17 Kurdish men immigrants. The findings show that Kurdish men immigrants express their new-found ambition for health and general wellbeing through exercise and prevention. But they do so in ways that seek to smooth over the evident gap in the role of health practices in the expression of masculinity in Kurdistan compared with the United States.
Annulla Linders, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Steven Carlton-Ford, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
45 p.
Sociology
Masculinity and Health; Kurdish Immigrants; Health; Immigration; Kurdistan

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  • Othman, J. K. (2015). Masculinity and health practices among male Kurdish immigrants to the US [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439301544

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Othman, Jihad. Masculinity and health practices among male Kurdish immigrants to the US. 2015. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439301544.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Othman, Jihad. "Masculinity and health practices among male Kurdish immigrants to the US." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439301544

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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