Culturally Competent Care

Question 1

Dietary

Kosher dietary laws allow fish that have scales and fins, cloven hoofed animals, and animals that eat vegetables or are slaughtered in a ritualistic manner.

Milk and meat may not be combined in any way.

Fasting during yom-kippur (24hrs)

Answer 1

Orthodox Judaism

Question 2

Dietary

Meat is prohibited on Ash Wednesday, and Fridays during lent, including good Friday.

Fasting is done on ash Wednesday and good Friday, is optional during rest of lent.

Answer 2

Roman Catholicism

Question 3

Meat and dairy products are prohibited on wed, fri, and during lent.

Fasting during advent

Answer 3

russian orthodox

Question 4

Vegie for some sections, no alcohol or drugs

Answer 4

buddhism

Question 5

vegie for some, with no beef or veal for all

Answer 5

Hinduism

Question 6

No pork, & no meats that weren’t slaughtered as part of a ritual

no alcohol or drugs

Answer 6

islam

Question 7

meats that are allowed have been drained of all blood, no foods that have blood added or allowed

Answer 7

Jehova’s witness

Question 8

Health Risk

-Lactose intolerance and lactase deficiency
- Hypertension and coronary artery disease
-sickle cell anemia
- cancers (breast, colorectal, esophageal, stomach, cervical, uterine, prostate)
- coccidioidomycosis
diabetes melitis

Answer 8

Black people/ african americans

Question 9

Yin & yang= forces of nature being balanced to produce harmony.

illness= imbalance between yin and yang

yin= cold foods (for hot illnesses)

Yang= hot foods (for cold illnesses)

-Limit eye contact and physical touching; touch a client’s head only with permission from client or parent.

Health risks

• thalasemia
• lactase deficiency
• G6PD deficiency Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency)) causing hemolysis
• HPB
• Cancer (stomach, and liver)
• Coccidioidomycosis

Answer 9

Asians

Question 10

mal de ojo (evil eye) - fitful crying, diarrhea… in children.

-Childhood obesity

Answer 10

Latinos

Question 11

The blessingway ceremony is practiced to remove ill health through stories, songs, rituals, prayers, sand painting, and symbols.

after birth, the baby’s umbilical cord may be buried near a place or an object that symbolizes parents’ hope for child’s future.

Health risks
-Alcoholism and chronic liver disease

Answer 11

Native Americans