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includes culture, ethnicity and race
cultural diversity
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is a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provides social structure for daily living
culture
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is a large group of people who are members of the larger cultural group but who have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristic that are not common to the larger culture
- subculture
- ex. teenagers and older adults are often regard as subcultures of the general population in the US
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is a sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group's common heritage
ethnicity
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when one assumes that all members of a culture, ethnic group, or race are alike
- stereotyping
- negative ex. racism, ageism, sexism
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the belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief system
cultural imposition
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when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist
cultural blindness
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occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs and tradition of others to make themselves feel more secure about their own values
cultural conflict
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tay-sachs disease is associated with...?
individuals of eastern european jewish decent
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they deal with problems within the family and consider it inappropriate to tell problems to a stranger
hispanic people
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they often consider mental illness a stigma and seeking psychiatric help a disgrace to the family
Chinese people
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in times of high stress or anxiety, they may demonstrate a hyperkinetic seizure-like activity known as ataques
Puerto Ricans
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Woman is dominant
white and african american families
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refers to the ability of caregivers and organizations to understand and effectively respond to the needs of patients and their families n a health care encounter
linguistic competence
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direct eye contact may considered impolite or aggressive by many....?
- asians
- native americans
- indochinese
- arabs
- appalachians
- these people tend to avert their eyes while speaking
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they may look downward in deference to age, gender, social position, economic status, or authority
hispanics
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women for this ethnic group often indicate modesty by avoiding direct eye contact
muslim,-arab
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men may avoid direct eye contact with women
Hasidic Jewish
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people who commonly sit and stand close to one another when talking
arabic and african origin
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people who are more comfortable with some distance between themselves and others
asian and european
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being late is considered a sign of respect
South Asian cultures
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people with lowest income
- african american
- native american
- alaska natives
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a person or family whose income falls below an established poverty line
is considered poor
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an online service whose goal is to advance health equity at every point of contact through the development and promotion of culturally and linguistically appropriate devices
think cultural health created by the office of minority health
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six cultural pnenomena
- communication
- space
- social organization
- time
- environmental control
- biological variations
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resulted from work by Dr. Madeleine Leininger
transcultural nursing
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what happened if patient is forced to accept such care?
results in feeling of guilt and alienation from religious or cultural group are likely to threaten that patient's well being
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