Bhui & Bhugra [ 31] compared the Short Explanatory Model Interview (SEMI) and the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) [ 32, 33] and discussed the advantages of the SEMI.
The rapid disability assessment (RDA) toolkit used comprised generic methods and instruments for assessing disability and stigma, compatible with the ICF conceptual framework: Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale, Participation Scale, Jacoby Stigma Scale, Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) stigma scale and Discrimination assessment form (8, 10, 16– 23).
The toolkit included the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale, Participation Scale, Jacoby Stigma Scale (anticipated stigma), Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) stigma scale and Discrimination assessment.
This study used semistructured interviews based on the framework of the explanatory model interview catalogue (EMIC) 17 for cultural epidemiology 18 and in-depth interviews.
Each research assistant had previous experience in qualitative interviews and was further trained by reading a training manual and watching a videotape of a model interview.
An explanatory model interview for sociocultural autopsy has been used to assess underlying problems and perceived causes.
The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) has been developed to elicit illness-related perceptions, beliefs, and practices (26).
A semi-structured Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) interview was developed to study community views of cholera and shigellosis in a peri-urban and rural community of Zanzibar.
A cultural epidemiological study design 28 will make use of ethnographic key-informant interviews and FGD data to develop explanatory model interviews based on the framework of the explanatory model interview catalogue (EMIC) for cultural epidemiology.
The study combined classical ethnography with the cultural epidemiology approach using EMIC (Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue) tool.
