CALD

Question 1

acculturation

Answer 1

Individuals’ level of adoption of both individual and societal behavioural patterns surrounding culture.

Question 2

what are the two ways that socialization teaches culture?

Answer 2

primary (infancy)
secondary (beyond immediate family)

Question 3

what are the 5 phases of acculturation?

Answer 3

Pre-contact

Contact

Conflict

Crisis

Adaption

Question 4

What are the seven components of acculturation?

Answer 4

Homesickness

Rejection

Opportunity deprivation

Identity threat

Cultural competence

Value conflict

Self-confidence

Question 4

Who is more likely to experince Acculturative stress and why?

Answer 4

Often experienced by refugees and asylum seekers (over immigrants and sojourners) due to lack of control, choice and preparedness

Question 5

What are the four outcomes of acculturation?

Answer 5

Integration: maintaining original culture whilst adopting norms

Assimilation: don’t wish to maintain original culture and only adopt societies norms.

Isolation: when individuals value holding onto orgnial culture

Marginalization: little possibility or interest in having relations with own or other culture.

Question 6

What often leads to linguistic misunderstandings? (relationship between…)

Answer 6

Expressive behavior - Non-verbal and phonology (words/phrases)

Content – interpretation based on our prior experience

Attitudes and values – interpretation of language based on prior attitudes and values

Question 7

What are four examples of when to use interpreters?

Answer 7

Self-management of med required

Social and psychological complex matters

Patient safety is a concern

Patient unable to make informed decision

Question 8

What is medical Xenophobia

Answer 8

Fear of being diminished so don’t access health care

Question 9

What is Ethnocentrisim and what can it cause?

Answer 9

Ethnocentrism
Viewing own culture as correct
Cultural bias
Cause non-cooperation and does not allow others ot learn enough about others cultures.

Medical
Worker project own cultural values to patients of different values.
The patient may not receive help needed.

Question 10

what are the three types of racism?

Answer 10

Institutionalsed = access to resources, services and healthcare opportunities different

Personally mediated = prejudice/ discrimination about ability, motive and intents (of others)

Acceptance (by stigmatized race) of negative messages about worth and ability.