Chapter 18

Question 1

Subculture

Answer 1

Usually composed of people who have a distinct identity and yet are related to a larger cultural group

Question 2

Multicultural

Answer 2

Person with multiple patterns of identification or crosses several cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values.
Heritage

Question 3

Diversity

Answer 3

Refers to the fact or state of being different

Question 4

Race

Answer 4

Interchangeable with ethnicity and culture

Question 5

Nationality

Answer 5

Sovereign state or country where an individual has citizenship

Question 6

Ethnocentrism

Answer 6

Belief in the superiority of ones own culture and lifestyle

Question 7

Health disparities

Answer 7

Differences in care experienced by one population compared with another population

Question 8

Determinants of health

Answer 8

Social
Behavioral
Environmental
Biological

Question 9

Health equity

Answer 9

Highest possible standard of health for all people, especially those at greatest risk for poor health

Question 10

Acculturation

Answer 10

Involuntary process.

People incorporate traits from another culture

Question 11

Assimilation

Answer 11

The process by which an individual develops a new cultural identity

Question 12

Transcultural nursing

Answer 12

Focuses on providing care within the differences and similarities of beliefs, values, and patterns of cultures

Question 13

Cultural competence

Answer 13

Work within the cultural context of the patient

Question 14

Tradition health model

Answer 14

Customs, beliefs or practices that have existed for many generations without changing

Question 15

Magico-religious health belief

Answer 15

Health and illness are controlled by supernatural forces

“Being bad”

Question 16

Scientific or biomedical belief

Answer 16

Life is controlled by physical and biochemical processes that can be manipulated by humans

Question 17

Holistic health belief

Answer 17

Forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony.

Question 18

Folk medicine

Answer 18

Illness prevention and healing derived from cultural traditions rather than modern Medicine

Question 19

Translator

Answer 19

Converts written material from one language to another

Question 20

Interpreter

Answer 20

Transform message expressed in spoken or signed source

Question 21

Cultural broker

Answer 21

Interpreter makes changes that make sense from one culture and language to another

Question 22

Heritage consistent

Answer 22

Identifying with their traditional cultural heritage

Question 23

Heritage inconsistent

Answer 23

Acculturated into the dominant culture of modern society in which they reside

Question 24

Culture

Answer 24

Thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious or social groups

Question 25

Symbols

Answer 25

Protective