...Throughout my assignment I will be looking at many elements of the sociological spectrum which go hand in hand with the element of health and illness. These things will include the introduction of social groups and looking at their statistics. “A social group is a collection of people who interact with each other and share similar characteristics and a sense of unity. A social category is a collection of people who do not interact but who share similar characteristics. For example, women, men, the elderly, and high school students all constitute social categories. A social category can become a social group when the members in the category interact with each other and identify themselves as members of the group.” - Anonymous, 2014. No only will I be looking at the social elements, but how it links in to health and trends in illness to find out just how the can both relate. Things such as Morbidity rates (the counted statistic rate in which disease appears in the population). Not forgetting other patterns in health including mortality rate known to be the amount of deaths calculated per annum along with many other rates that can effect the illness of social groups and reasons as to why and how these rates may effect them. As previously mentioned before a social group is a collection of people who interact with each other and share similar characteristics and a sense of unity. A social category is a collection of people who do not interact but who share similar characteristics...
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...Heritage Assessment Dianna Freeman Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotions NSG-429V December 20, 2014 Heritage Assessment “Health is influenced by culture and beliefs” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). In order for the nurse to properly care for the patient, she must know and understand the patient’s culture. “Cultural care is a comprehensive model that includes the assessment of a client’s cultural needs, beliefs, and health care practices” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). It is not enough to just know where the patient lives or where he came from. The nurse must embrace the concept of cultural competence and cultural awareness. This requires not only the awareness of the cultural beliefs and values of their patients, but also their own. A heritage assessment, whether formal or informal, can provide a wealth of information that helps the health care team to better understand the patient, his attitudes, his feelings, and beliefs. One of the challenges in nursing is to apply health education to individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds. “Cultural beliefs and values influence health decisions and must be taken into consideration.” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). It is easier to care for the patient when we understand him better. The first family interviewed was a Black couple. They were not married, but had been living together for over 6 years. The woman’s daughter lived with the couple. The man had two daughters who were grown. The man was interviewed...
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...Consideration of Heritage Carolyn E. Armstrong Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion October 5, 2014 Consideration of Heritage Many different cultural backgrounds have integrated into our society, as we know it today. Cultural diversity is growing by record numbers in the United States, and providing healthcare to this growing population becomes more complicated due to the diverse needs of individuals. As our population diversifies our healthcare delivery systems must evolve to be able to manage a new set of cultural, and ethical dilemmas. Identification of personal preferences and needs of our patients will aid in the positive outcomes and implementation of care. This is why it is important to not only understand the general practices and needs of our patient’s culture, but also have a firm grasp of our own beliefs and how we view and perceive other cultures. In the following, discussion of three different cultures will be explored and compared. The American Nurses’ Association’s code of ethics states “the profession’s commitment is to provide service to people regardless of background or situation”. (ANA, 1985) The diversity of our country is growing as the population as a whole increases. Healthcare today is faced with new challenges with regard to patient care due to the cultural differences and health beliefs. Heritage assessment is now a standard assessment that is integrated to ensure the proper care of an individual as a whole...
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... Common health traditions are influenced by our ethnic and religious upbringings. Nurses strive to meet the needs of their patients and be respectful of their culture. The three ethnic groups analyzed were Native American, Black African American and Hispanic. Each culture faces a unique set of circumstances regarding health promotion. Using a heritage health assessment offers insight on each person individually. Applying a heritage health assessment is useful in many ways. Nurses can gain insight on the whole person and give patients the opportunity to share what is important to them pertaining to their care. For example, after completing a heritage assessment the nurse would better understand the patient’s level family involvement, the importance of traditional ethnic values regarding health promotion and treatment. As the patient describes their heritage the nurse can gain valuable insight on select health issues pertaining to the particular culture. If a black African American is being seen for headache pain, the nurse could correlate the culture and ethnicity to a possible diagnosis of high blood pressure. Black African Americans also have a greater incidence of cancer. The nurse also recognizes that church and family are of great importance. The patient may also place value in the use of traditional home remedies. The nurse must be careful not to stereotype based on appearance alone. The needs of the whole person must be identified. A health heritage assessment...
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...sickness, health, religion, and family support systems. This assignment will discuss and measure diversity and similarities between Americans and the sub groups of African Americans and Middle Eastern culture groups. Though Middle Easterners generally respect Western Medicine, they have common folk beliefs such as other people having powers to cause others illness...
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...African American Health Care Analysis Cheryl Robinson Capella University CST5500 Multi-Cultural Issues in Health Care Crobinson82@capellauniversity.edu Dr. C Vaugh Abstract It is a cliché of health education that programs and interventions will be more effective when they are culturally appropriate for the populations they serve. In practice, however, the strategies used to achieve cultural appropriateness vary widely. This paper briefly describes African American history and how it relates to health care services. It explains the culture, value and belief of African American when it involves health promotion and disease prevention. Some major health concerns and barriers are noted within the black communities and population as well as way to promote health and disease prevention throughout the African American communities. History of African American population African Americans first arrived to the United States as a crew on a pirate ship in the year 1619. The American population saw these new immigrants as an opportunity and captured many of the six million African immigrants and sold them as slaves (Bennett, 1992 as cited in Edelman & Mandle, 2002). The African American community suffered through a history of slavery and discrimination which has led to their current health and wellness problems. Many of their current problems have been linked to the segregation and cruel treatment that they were subjected to in the past, but African Americans have...
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...Black/African Americans and Health Care Paula Elizondo Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V November 23, 2014 Black/African Americans and Health Care Americans live in a country that is considered a melting pot of many different ethnic groups and cultures. In fact, the U.S. Census of 2010 reported that 36.3% of the population belongs to a racial or ethnic minority group (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). In spite of national goals to improve health care, including the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014), many Americans are still finding it difficult and challenging to maintain good health and having their health care needs addressed. For many Americans, race is a huge issue in healthcare today. Minority and ethnic groups are especially susceptible to race related health issues. One such group with a deep seeded history in the United States is Black or African Americans. Black/African Americans are the second largest minority group in the United States (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). Because of the history involving slavery and segregation, Black/African Americans still have to deal with inequalities in many aspects of their lives such as health care, regardless of changes over the last 60 years (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). The health status, barriers to health, and health disparities of Black/African Americans demonstrate a need for improvement in equality and the resources...
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...FDR: The New Deal The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the world. In the US the Great Depression began October 1929. Until 1939 there were masses of families that were unemployed as failing companies laid off workers. The Great Depression did not only effect the US but the rest of the world in addition. The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938. There were varying strengths and weaknesses when analyzing how effective FDR’s New Deal was. In Document 1 (the Second Fireside Chat) it states, “First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially the young men, to go into forestry and flood prevention work… Next, the Congress is about to pass legislation that will greatly ease the mortgage distress among the farmers and the home owners of the nation, by easing the burden of debt now bearing so heavily upon millions of our people.” This does not specify who they (the people) are being employed by. Nor does it say if they are minimum wage, high paying jobs, etc. And finally, young men are not the ones with families to support. Although it’s understandable as to why they would give the jobs to young men for this line of work, considering they are less likely to get injured it would have made more sense to give men with families/or others who depend of them as a source of income an opportunity to find employment. The text goes onto say...
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...they are and where their origin lie. Health care has to be specific with patients need and patients traditional and cultural values should be consider. Individuals here in United States came from different cultures, however they still sustained their deep culture, believes and tradition. To deliver high quality health care services to a wide diverse population, it is important to be culturally competent. In the United States where a big part of the population are immigrants coming from all over the world (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). This is where the Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) becomes very appropriate. Heritage assessment is the most useful tool in the health care. It can provide better understanding of our patient’s culture. It help assessing one’s religious, ethnic and cultural heritage along with health traditions. With adequate knowledge, the health care provider will know how best to balance medical practice with the traditions patients holds (Spector, 2009).This will ensure that there is a balance and understanding between traditional and modern culture. Health care providers should respect the traditions and values of their patient and make sure to consider patient preferences and their needs. PAKISTANI HEALTH CULTURE: The writer is Asian American Pakistani by descent belongs to an extended family with 7 members. In writer’s culture, Parents are the most important decision makers in every aspects of life including health. Like many other cultures, Pakistani...
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...Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois were two great leaders of the black community in the 19th and 20th century. Both of these men were for equality. However, they had their differences. Booker T. Washington disagreed on the strategies for black social and economic progress. Booker T. Washington was a very influential black leader during his of period of living. He was for long- term equality, he was thinking down the road. Washington wanted blacks to accept discrimination, not forever, but just for the time being. He felt that they should work within the system concentrate more so on elevating themselves in order to get out of the racial hole. One way to elevate themselves would be through hard work. He believed in education in the crafts, industrial and farming skills. He felt that this would be a way to get whites to respect them, and it would be a path to African Americans being accepted by whites as citizens. Washington gave the Atlantic Compromise Speech in 1895, which was very famous. His main focus was to get African Americans to hush and work within the system. This guy was the first African American invited into the White House....
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...historically have been the 2nd largest Latino population in the New York City. I know from personal knowledge that the Cubans that are domestic born are the richest among all the Hispanic groups right now in 2015. Cuban’s Latino group is at the top in regards to socio economic and educational attainment. In Latino studies and survey’s focuses on comparing socio economic conditions and cultural conditions and problems found within in each primary Latino group. Latino group on the whole still control a small portion of wealth in New York City compared to non Hispanic White, Black, and Asian city residents. The socio economic lower income levels among Latinos maybe at least partially because of lower education attainment compared with Asian, Black and non Hispanic whites. Approximately two thirds of New York City Latinos over the age of 25 reported having no college education, which is higher than Asian, Black and non Hispanic. Puerto Ricans are also the only national group in the Latino population where the majority of respondents were born in the United States. For all other national groups being Latino generally also means being an immigrant. (Howard Caro-Lopez center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino studies). In addition, in comparing poverty within the Latino groups. Puerto Ricans is facing a major economic crisis it has been characterized as being largely poor and part of the urban underclass in the United States. Studies and...
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...tu Twelve Domains of Culture Chart |Mexican |Chinese |South Korean |Indian |Laotian |German |Canadian |Japanese |Filipino |Brazilian | |Overview, inhabited localities, & topography |Prefer to be referred to as Mexican American, geo-graphically, historically, and culturally diverse, reside mostly in CA, TX, IL, AZ, FL, NM, CO, 90% live in urban areas, fastest growing ethnic population in U.S. |Immigrants to Western countries very diverse, culture differs with mix of west and traditional values & beliefs, value accountability to family & neighbors, value higher education, most live in CA, NY, FL, TX |Some major industries are electronics, telecommu-nication, chemicals, & steel. Entertain-ment industry is booming. Mountain-ous. Rapidly increasing immigrant group in U.S.. |Leave their country to attain a higher standard of living. Both religious & social system |Land-locked country in South-east Asia. Mountains & flood-plains. Trop-ical mon-soon climate. Mon-soon season from May to October Popula-tion of 5.2 million as of 1998. 70% of popula-tion is under 30 years old. Most live in rural villages near a temple. Paddy rice is subsis-tence for major popula-tion. |Reserved, formal, like order, love music & celebra-tions. Christmas tree with all its décor is a German creation. 60 million Germans in U.S.. Beautiful landscapes mountain ranges, lowlands & ocean borders. Largest economy in Europe, third largest in world. Climate similar to NW portion of U.S.. Embrace...
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...a particular people. We have black stereotypes, white stereotypes, Asian, Mexican, Christian, Muslim, and so on. Now, of course a stereotype does not pertain to all of that group. For example, all Muslims are not terrorists, but in a general sense, we in America relate Muslims with terrorism because most of what we see them and hear of them doing is related to terrorism. This is, of course, a dangerous stereotype because it could cause some to want to do harm to innocent Muslims. I don’t understand why people are so uptight about most stereotypes, though. Most stereotypes are funny, and true. I mean, so what if Asians can’t drive. It’s not their fault. Perhaps it’s a genetic trait engrained into their DNA that disables their hand eye cordination. If that’s the case, I don’t know how they could be so good at kung fu. I guess it’s just one of those questions that may never be answered, but it’s Ok. Why get mad because others can do things that you can’t? Men can’t have babies, but you don’t see me getting all upset when someone brings that to my attention. And so what if white people can’t dance. I don’t see us getting together and starting another civil rights movement if the local news channel does a story on the statistics of the lack of rhythm among the white community. Some stereotypes actually transcend the racial bouderies. Some still take them offensively, though, as if they are negative comments about them personally. Some black folks have become very insecure about...
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...“progressivists” believed in society’s capability to advance, grow, and enhance through various reforms at the national level. These reformers, along with the federal government, proved effective in their quest for betterment of society: their efforts resulting in both successes and limitations. One of the most prominent issues dealt with the meat packing industry and the closely associated issue concerning the safety of medicines. The meat factories were the epitome of filth: dirty and soggy floors, rarely washed tables, and ill-ventilated rooms. Utterly ignorant of cleanliness and the danger of their work place to their health, workers shoveled fallen meat scraps into machines for chopping: combining despicable leftovers into the meat (Doc B). Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle revealed these atrocities and others including how employees often became victims of tuberculosis and various other illnesses (O.I.). His vivid description of the unsanitary and life-threatening conditions reached President Theodore Roosevelt who inspired Congress to take action (O.I.). Shortly afterwards, the Meat Inspection Act was passed, providing a government agency to inspect and certify health of all meats sold in the United States. Accordingly, the Pure Food and Drug Act restricted the sale of dangerous and ineffective medicines and required a list of ingredients to be labeled on every product...
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...brief article he wrote on Joan that, "Yet controversy remains about whether she was divinely inspired or delusional." This debate extends as far back as 1941, when Dr. H.P. Dayon discussed the issue of whether or not Joan experienced hallucinations, which he claimed she probably did not. The film portrays this by showing Joan as she is perceived by the general public in the first half of the film. She is heroic and it seems as if Joan's visions are directly from god. However, the second half of the film throws this into question by using the manifestation of her voices and visions as black-hooded figure who opposes these notions directly to Joan in her mind and directly questions the legitimacy of her beliefs and her status as a messenger of god. Besson muddies this perception of Joan further by having Joan's sister get raped and murdered in front of her when she was ten years old which, as Nickolas Haydock mentions, has no historical validity and is an invention used solely to add credence to the idea that Joan's sanity is questionable. The use of the black-hooded figure provides Besson with an opportunity to have a direct dialogue between Joan as she is perceived (The Joan that is seen and the film) and the questions of validity that have arisen against her since her death (the black hooded figure). This...
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