Cultural Diversity Flashcards
Common health problems in Native Americans & Alaska natives
Heart disease
Cirrhosis of the liver
Diabetes mellitus
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Common health problems in African Americans
Hypertension Stroke Sickle cell anemia Lactose intolerance Keloids
Common health problems in Asians
Hypertension
Cancer of the liver
Lactose intolerance
Thalassemia
Common health problems in Hispanics
Diabetes mellitus
Lactose intolerance
Common health problems of caucasians
Breast cancer Heart disease Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Obesity
Common health problems in Eastern European Jews
Cystic fibrosis
Gaucher’s disease
Spinal muscular atrophy
Tay-Sachs’s disease
Cultural diversity
The coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and socioeconomic groups within one social unit (religion, language, physical, size, sexual orientation, age, disability, occupational status, geographic location)
Culture
A shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provides social structure for daily living
Subculture
A large group of people who are members of the larger cultural group but who have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristics that aren’t common to the larger culture
Cultural assimilation
A minority group lives within a dominant group, many members may lose the cultural characteristics that once made them different, and take on values of the dominant culture
Ethnicity
A sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group members’ common heritage
Race
Based on specific physical characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, and hair texture
Factors inhibiting sensitivity to diversity
Stereotyping
Cultural imposition
Cultural blindness
Culture conflict
Cultural imposition
The belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief
Cultural blindness
Occurs when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist
