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PHMD 5140 - Health in Multicultural Populations Exam 2
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PHMD 5140 - Health in Multicultural Populations Exam 2How patients manage illness is often culturally-embedded?
•Lifestyle, diet and stress impact health and are shaped by culture.
•Culture also impacts health behaviors through:
•Beliefs about disease etiology
•Attitudes about treatment
•Appropriateness of treatments including self care
•Choice of and satisfaction with health care providers
what is culture?
learned pattern of thought and behavior
criteria
-a common pattern of communication or language
-similarities in dietary preferences and preparation
-Common patterns of dress
-predictable relationship and socialization patterns
-common set of shared values belief
how culture change by individuals?
•Only a set of tendencies - individuals are free to choose from all possibilities
•Dynamic process- changes as people move in and out of their lives
Culturally embedded health perceptions
, •What constitutes disease and its causation
•Appropriate health care seeking behavior
•The quality and usefulness of medical encounters
•Effective approaches to healing, including both conventional and alternative practices
•Role of family in health care
what are some consideration of culture?
•While culture is important to health, we must also take into account and respect the
concept of individuality
•The extent to which members of a cultural group uphold cultural traditions depends on
many factors
•Social class
•Education
•Language
•Generation of immigration
•Geographic region
•Family structure
Cultural competence is an important issue for three practical reasons
1.Increasing US diversity means increasingly diverse clientele with a broad range of
health perspectives, often embedded in their social or cultural backgrounds.
2.Provider-patient communication is linked to patient satisfaction, adherence, and
health outcomes - likely a result of pt-provider sociocultural differences not reconciled
in the clinical encounter.
May be especially pronounced in ethnic minority groups
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