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Table 1 High frequency observations from the immersion experience

From: Training a medical workforce to meet the needs of diverse minority communities

No.

Themes

Incidencea

1

Strong family and/or social network

68%

2

Church/religion/spirituality as an important aspect of daily activities

55%

3

Co-occurrence of 1 and 2

44%

4

Social structure and/or culture as a determinant (constructive or obstructive) in allowing (positive or negative) behaviour change

60%

5

Food (quality, type, portion size) as a (mainly negative) determinant of health

55%

6

Financial constraints

44%

  1. aFrequency of reporting in the reflective essays