ABSTRACT
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), similar to other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, has been experiencing a recent
rapid increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and associated risk factors. To begin to take advantage of the chronic
disease prevention and health promotion (CDPHP) knowledge available from other nations, researchers at a newly established
University in the Qassim Province of the KSA have partnered with Stanford University in the United States of America. To ensure
that CDPHP research and interventions are culturally relevant and appropriate, a participatory research approach has been
adopted where local researchers are the target “community.” Contextual challenges of conducting CDPHP research in the KSA,
at the individual, social/cultural, organizational and environmental/policy levels, are identified, as well as examples of
CDPHP intervention strategies that may be culturally appropriate at each level.
rapid increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and associated risk factors. To begin to take advantage of the chronic
disease prevention and health promotion (CDPHP) knowledge available from other nations, researchers at a newly established
University in the Qassim Province of the KSA have partnered with Stanford University in the United States of America. To ensure
that CDPHP research and interventions are culturally relevant and appropriate, a participatory research approach has been
adopted where local researchers are the target “community.” Contextual challenges of conducting CDPHP research in the KSA,
at the individual, social/cultural, organizational and environmental/policy levels, are identified, as well as examples of
CDPHP intervention strategies that may be culturally appropriate at each level.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-10
- DOI 10.1007/s13142-011-0033-3
- Authors
- Sandra J Winter, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- Abby C King, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- Randall S Stafford, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- Marilyn A Winkleby, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- William L Haskell, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- John W Farquhar, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 251 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5411, USA
- Journal Translational Behavioral Medicine
- Online ISSN 1613-9860
- Print ISSN 1869-6716