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MEDA 112
Chapter 11A cultural Perspective for Health
Professionals
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How to tell if you’re an American
• Playboy• Big Bands• John Wayne• Tony Hawk• Apple Pie & Baseball• Run, Forrest, run• Hippie• Christmas Tree
• Woodstock• Did somebody say
McDonalds?• Mosh pit• Reality TV• Hip Hop• There she is….Miss
America
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Vignette: Who is the healer?
• Page 153• In a Southwestern region of
the United States, a Native American healer was called at the same time as an ambulance. Before the ambulance crew could begin their work, the healer performed a “purification” or “healing ritual” on the afflicted person.
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Cultural Diversity
• Cultural differences exist within cultures
• Culture defines who we are, how we think, what is right/wrong and how we are expected to behave
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Cultural Congruent Care Levels
• Level 1: person is unaware they lack knowledge
• Level 2: person become aware they lack knowledge
• Level 3: person begins to learn about diversity
• Level 4: person automatically provides culturally sensitive care
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Tips
• Identifying acceptable behavior within patient’s culture helps to understand patient reactions to illness.
• Culture also influences whether person will/will not talk about symptoms/emotions with practitioner
• Culture accounts for what people believe causes illness
• Culture also influences methods of maintaining, protecting and restoring health (including physical, mental and spiritual aspects)