Cultural Awareness Flashcards
What are health disparities?
Health differences linked to:
social
economic
environment factors
What are healthcare disparities?
Differences among populations (age, income) that affect availability to healthcare.
What populations are most affected by healthcare disparities?
African Americans
Asians
Hispanics
LGBT (more chronic conditions)
What is oppression?
System of advantages/disadvantages linked to social groups.
What is culturally congruent care/ cultural competency?
Care that fits person’s life patterns; integrate culture into care
(set medication schedule around Islamic prayer time)
Differences in:
Illness
vs.
Disease
Illness
How individuals/families react to disease (affected by culture)
Disease
Malfunctioning biological/psychological processes
How can nurses effectively provide culturally competent care?
(LEARN)
Listen (to problem)
Explain (your understanding)
Acknowledge (compare/contrast what you understood/didn’t)
Recommend (involve family)
Negotiate (mutual aggreement of treatment)
What are these terms:
- Culutural awareness
- Cultural knowledge
- Culutural awareness= Self-examination of own background/biases
- Cultural knowledge= Sufficient comparative knowledge of diverse groups/values
What are these terms:
- Cultural skills
- Cultural encounters
Cultural skills: Ability to asses social/cultural factors that influence patient care
Cultural encounters: Interactions that develop understanding of other cultures
What is cultural desire:
Commitment to caring for others so that you look past cultural differences.
What do these terms mean:
- Culturally sensitive
- Culturally appropriate
Culturally sensitive:
Knowledgable about cultures prevalent of area
Culturally appropriate:
Apply knowledge of culutre to care
What do these terms mean:
- Culturally responsive:
- Culturally imposition:
Culturally responsive:
Encourage client decisions through self-empowering strategies
Culturally imposition:
Placing own cultural biases on person
World views:
differences in Emic vs. Etic
Emic:
How people from within social group view the world/life
Etic:
The perspective of observers (outside social group)
What is the iceberg analogy of World views?
Most aspects of person’s world view are hidden (like iceberg)
When are the methods of a cultural assessment?
- observe: client and environement
- interview: open-ended (non-judgey) questions
- Participate: Involved in cultural activities
