Models for Health and WellnessHW 215

Unit 2Multicultural and Cross-disciplinary

Perspectives on Health and Wellness

J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D.Kaplan University

School of Health Sciences

Agenda

• Housekeeping

• Culture Quiz

• Word Association

• Discussion: Seminar Questions

• Wrap up

Housekeeping

• Assignments must meet the length requirements

• Papers should be typed in 12-point font• References and citations must be provided

for all information gathered from other sources

• Please use the spell check feature in Word• Format for references and citations is

available in the Kaplan Writing Center• All assignments are graded based on the

rubric found in the syllabus

Housekeeping

• “Free Encyclopedia”

• “Anyone can edit”

• Content can not be verified at any given moment

Wikipedia

Housekeeping

• Weekly Discussion Board

• To receive full credit, you must:

• Make your initial post by Saturday

• Post two (2) responses to your classmates’ posts

Housekeeping

• Seminar• If you choose the Live Seminar (Option 1),

your grade depends on• Attendance• Substantive Participation

• Frequent interactions on concepts being discussed by students and instructor

• Posts are on topic and contribute to the quality of the seminar

• Student arrives on time and stays the entire seminar

Seminar Focus

Culture Quiz

• Name the country of origin of

Chile con Carne

Culture Quiz

• Where do they cook with

Spiders?

Culture Quiz

• Identify this language:

Pon m’onor

Culture Quiz

• What is this?

Ciopino

• And where does it come from?

Culture Quiz

• Chile con Carne is a “spanish-style” dish that was created in the Southwest United States.

• Spiders are frying pans with legs used in the United States.

• “Pon m’onor” is Appalachian English.

• Ciopino is a seafood stew that was created in San Francisco.

Word Association

Adaptation

Word Association

• Adaptation: Designates a modification, adjustment, or change in the way one thinks of and approaches a topic.

Word Association

Culture

Word Association

• Culture: Customs, ways of life, traditions, and mores of particular social groups.

Word Association

Context

Word Association

• Context: The framework, the setting, or the environment related to a topic. For example, the cultural context in health and wellness is the social environment that influences one’s understanding of health, healing, illness, etc.

Word Association

Global Health

Word Association

• Global Health: A viewpoint of health that extends beyond political, geographical, and cultural boundaries.

Word Association

Holistic

Word Association

• Holistic: To focus on the whole instead of compartmentalizing or viewing a theory, topic, or subject (or person) as composed of separate parts.

Word Association

Immersion

Word Association

• Immersion: Education; A method of language or experience-based teaching that involves being completely engaged in concentrated studies.

Word Association

Multi-Cultural

Word Association

• Multi-cultural: relates to the understanding of health is a term describing many cultures coexisting in a specified area without any one culture dominating health attitudes, concepts, and/or practices.

Word Association

Liberal

Multi-Culturalism

Word Association

• Liberal Multi-Culturalism: embracing the concept that various cultures relate to and interact with one another without regard to power hierarchies; acknowledging ethnic variety and practicing tolerance without regard for external or internal influences. For example, if one adopts a global understanding of health, healing and wellness without regard for societal differences within each of the various cultures, one is adopting a liberal view of multi-culturalism.

Word Association

Critical

Multi-Culturalism

Word Association

• Critical Multi-Culturalism: concerned with ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ and the existence of inequity within societies based on power and hierarchy. For example, recognizing that a comprehensive understanding of health, healing and wellness includes societal differences based on ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ ‘power’ and hierarchies. Therefore, institutions and societal practices may differ based on more than ethnic variety alone.

Word Association

Multi-Disciplinary

Word Association

• Multi-Disciplinary: studying or using several specialized subjects or skills.

Seminar Focus

Seminar Focus

Virtual Fieldtrip to Panama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKdrK399Ko

Seminar Question

• What do you need to know about the verbal communication practices of Panamanians in order not to violate social taboos?

Seminar Question

• As a health and wellness professional working in Panama, part of your cultural immersion experience require you to attend a religious service. Which type of service would you want to attend? Why?

Seminar Question

• What role does religious affiliation play in the lives of Panamanians and how does this affect health practices?

Wrap Up

Unit 2 Quiz

• 55 minutes

• You may take the quiz only once

• 7 questions• Matching, True/False, and Multiple Choice

• Covers issues related to cultural and health

Wrap Up

• Questions?• I will remain online to answer questions

related to tonight’s seminar.• Other questions:

• Email Instructor: jaguilar@kaplan.edu