Cultural and religious awareness

Question 1

What is Cultural Awarenes ?

Answer 1

Cultural Awareness Someone’s cultural awareness is their understanding of the differences between themselves and people from other countries or other backgrounds, especially differences in attitudes and values.

Question 2

What is cultural Blindness ?

Answer 2

Cultural blindness is ignoring our differences in race, culture & ethnicity and treating everyone the same way. It creates an absence of personal care and eliminates equal chances of good care.

Question 3

What is Acculuration ?

Answer 3

the process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from blending between cultures.

Acculturation is the process of cultural and psychological change that takes place as a result of contact between cultural groups and their individual members.

Question 4

How does culture knowledge help us as PA

Answer 4

• Recognise our barriers:
• Racism
• DIscrimination
• prejudice

Question 5

Factors that may influence health behaviours

Answer 5

Beliefs:- Sacred nature of the body – non-acceptance of surgery, transfusion, organ donation

Behaviours
Eye contact – disrespectful, aggressive or shows you’re listening?
Having an appointment to see the Dr – In some places it is customary to turn up and wait
Showing pain or emotion, some suppress emotion ‘stiff upper lip’ some feel appropriate to show it

Damaging practices- Some cultural practises are harmful to health: eg FGM
- However, Parents/patients might be:
- unaware of dangers & believe they’re actually doing good
- & don’t assume someone agrees with it simply because of their origin

Attitude - Surrender control to health professional – ‘Dr is always right’ or defer to seniority / age

Question 6

Explain the
Campinha-Bacote’s Model of Cultural Competence (2002). ASKED

Answer 6

The model has 5 constructs that focus on the attributes that healthcare professionals across the world can use when caring for ethnically diverse and racial groups. We will look at each of these in turn.

1. Cultural Awareness – Not imposing my beliefs, being able to look at my own prejudices.
2. Cultural Skills – Ability to gather information that is culturally relevant and sensitive.
3. Cultural Knowledge- Understanding what is normal in other cultures.
4. Cultural Encounters – Build from experience and inmprove confidence.
5. Cultural Desire – actively seek and care for culturally diverse patients.