cultural ch 9 - exam III

Question 1

acculturation

Answer 1

when one person or group transitions from one culture and develops another

Question 2

assimilation

Answer 2

process in which the individual adapts to the hosts cultural values and no longer prefers the components of the origin culture

Question 3

core measures

Answer 3

set of evidence based scientifically researched standards of care

Question 4

cultural assessment

Answer 4

understand how the patients religious values will affect her willingness to receive care

Question 5

cultural awareness

Answer 5

process of conducting a self exam of ones own biases toward other cultures

Question 6

cultural competence

Answer 6

professional health care must be culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent to meet the multifaceted health care needs of each person, family, and community

Question 7

cultural desire

Answer 7

motivation to want to engage in the process of becoming culturally aware

Question 8

cultural encounter

Answer 8

encourages the HCP to directly engage face to face cultural interactions

Question 9

cultural knowledge

Answer 9

HCP seeks and obtains knowledge about diverse cultural groups

Question 10

cultural respect

Answer 10

respect is critical to reducing health disparities and improving access to high quality health care

Question 11

cultural skill

Answer 11

ability to conduct a cultural assessment, collect relevant and accurate data

Question 12

culturally congruent care

Answer 12

emphasizes the need to provide care based on an individuals cultural beliefs, practices, or values

Question 13

culture

Answer 13

learned and shared beliefs, values, norms, and traditions of a particular group, which guide our thinking, decisions, and actions

Question 14

emic worldview

Answer 14

insider perspective

Question 15

ethnic identity

Answer 15

both components of self concept that place the focus on being part of a cultural group

Question 16

etic worldview

Answer 16

outsider perspective

Question 17

health disparity

Answer 17

a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage

Question 18

health literacy

Answer 18

degree to which the individual have to capacity to understand basic health info

Question 19

intersectionality

Answer 19

research and policy model for studying the complexities of peoples lives and experiences

Question 20

linguistic competence

Answer 20

ability to communicate effectively and convey information in a manner that is easily understood by diverse audiences

Question 21

marginalized groups

Answer 21

more likely to have poor health outcomes and die earlier

Question 22

oppression

Answer 22

formal and informal system of disadvantages and advantages tied to membership in social groups

Question 23

racial identity

Answer 23

one self identification with one or more social groups in which a common heritage with a particular racial group is shared

Question 24

social determinants of health

Answer 24

conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that affect health functioning and quality of life

Question 25

stereotype

Answer 25

assumed belief regarding a particular group

Question 26

unconscious/implicit bias

Answer 26

bias you are unaware of and happens outside of our control - implicit is similar but we are aware of it