Cultural Diversity Flashcards
Ethnocentrism:
belief that one’s own culture is the best or most desirable.
Culture is
Dynamic, grounded in history and is determinant of health
Eg. of backdrop to diversity in the history of Canada:
indigenous right to vote: 1960
Ban on black immigrants: 1911
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Discrimination is
Judgements and actions that creat and reinforce oppressive conditions that marginalize,and/or restain the lives of those being discriminated. It can be couscious or subconscious to more institutional or systemic.
Barriers in health care access for immigrants: (3)
- Linguistic barriers
- Lack of information on how to navigate the system/health care literacy
- Cultural differences
Barriers for individual (immigrants) seeking health care: (3)
- fear of stigma
- Barrier of language
- Knowledge about the disorder
Barrier for immigrant related with health care system/HCP: (3)
- Work related
- Navigating the health system
- Cultural discrepancies (difference in culture)
Eg. of barrier in language:
Hard time explaining problem
When emotionnal, hard time to express feeling–>go toward their mother tongue.
Eg. of barrier for immigrant related to their work:
Work hours during clinics hours.
Navigation on the system facilitor:
Nurse navigator
Educating them about navigating the system in interaction
Eg. of cultural difference in values:
independence vs. interdependence.
Eg. of cultural difference in expectations:
Consent vs. agreement.
Interventions/solutions to promote ethnocultural health in Canada at the individual level: (2)
- Improve knowledge
2. Specific campaign targeting a population but not to specific–>discriminatory.
Interventions/solutions to promote ethnocultural health in Canada at the institutional/health care system level: (2)
- Cultural competencies (Enhance professional capacity to work with different ethnocultural group)
- Developping collaboration (with NGO in community to better understand ethnics groups)
Interventions/solutions to promote ethnocultural health in Canada at the society level: (1)
Improve tx outcome and compliance by investing more in primary care.