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ARTICLEHOME HEALTH care MANAGEMENT & PRACTICE / april 2003 cultural Influences onPain Perceptions and BehaviorsLynn Clark Callister, RN, PhDThe perception of pain and behaviors associatedwith pain are influenced by the sociocultural con-texts of the individuals experiencing pain. Thisarticle provides an overview of the literature onthese cultural influences. With the increase inglobal migration, nurses need to developincreased sensitivity to the influence of culture onpain perceptions and behaviors. In the provisionof home HEALTH care , it is essential that nurses aresensitive to such influences in the delivery of cul-turally competent care in the assessment andmanagement of both acute and chronic perception is composed of highly interac-tive emotional, cognitive, as well as sensorycomponents (Gijsbers & Niven, 1993, p. 55).Pain is defined by the individuals who are experiencingit (Pasero & McCaffery, 2001). According to theAgency for HEALTH care Policy and Research (1994)guide for acute pain MANAGEMENT , the single most reli-able indicator of the existence and intensity of pain and any resultant distress are patient the pain experience is complex and influ-enced by multiple variables, the perception of pain andbehaviors associated with pain are influenced by thesociocultural context of the individuals experiencingpain (Bates, 1987; Montes-Sadoval, 2000; Rollman,1998; Streltzer, 1997).

HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT & PRACTICE / April 2003 ARTICLE Cultural Influences on Pain Perceptions and Behaviors Lynn Clark Callister, RN, PhD The perception of pain and behaviors associated

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