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What is culture?

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  1. Learned behaviour which has been socially acquired.
  2. Product of human societies, and man is largely a product of his cultural environment.
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Impact of Cultural Factors on Health

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  1. Concept of Etiology and Cure
  2. Environmental Sanitation
  3. Food Habits
  4. Mother and Child Health
  5. Personal Hygiene
  6. Marriage and sexuality
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A. Supernatural Causes:
> Administration of drug is considered harmful.
> Cases are not notified and pujas are made to please the Gods.

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Wrath of God.

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A. Supernatural Causes:
> Venereal diseases are believed by some to be due to illicit sexual intercourse with a woman of low caste, or a woman during menstruation.

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Breach of Taboo

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A. Supernatural Causes:
> Leprosy and tuberculosis

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Past sins

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A. Supernatural Causes:
> Children are considered to be most prone to the effect of evil eyes.
> Charms and amulets are prescribed and incantations recited by the exorcist.

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Evil eye

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B. Physical Causes:
> For heat sttroke, application of oil and ghee on the soles of feet and administration of mango-phool with a pinch of salt.

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Effects of Weather

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A. Supernatural Causes:
> Hysteria and epilepsy are regarded due to spirits or ghost intrusion into the body.
> The services of an exorcist are sought to drive away the evil spirit or ghost.

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Spirit or ghost intrusion

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B. Physical Causes:
> Impure water is associated with disease.

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Water

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B. Physical Causes:
> Skin disease (scabies, acne, boil) are considered to be due to impure blood.
> Eating neem leaves and flowers is considered to purify blood.

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Impure blood

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Environmental Sanitation:

  • Open field defecation.
  • No idea of latrines among villagers.
  • Latrines are meant for city dwellers, where there are no fields for defecation.
  • Faeces are infectious, pollutes water and soil and promotes fly breeding.
  • Problem of excreta disposal is bound up with numerous beliefs and habits bases on ignorance.
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A. Disposal of Human Excreta:

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Environmental Sanitation:

  • Not aware that mosquitoes breed on collections of waste water.
  • The solid waste is invariably thrown in front of the houses where it is permitted to accumulate and decompose.
  • The animal dung (cow dung) is allowed to accumulate. It is used sometimes as manure and often times pressed into cakes, sun-dried and used as fuel.
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B. Disposal Wastes

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Common use for washing, bathing and drinking

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Ponds and Tanks

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Rural houses are same all over the country

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HOUSING

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13
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Environmental Sanitation:
> Some rivers are considered ____

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“Holy”

14
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Environmental Sanitation:
> Gastroenteritis have occured due to these cultural practices.

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Epidemics of cholera

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Influenced by local conditions (e.g. soil, climate) religious customs and beliefs

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FOOD HABITS

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Beef, pork

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FOOD TABOOS

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Muslims observed ___ during Ramzan and Hindus on several occasions.

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FASTING

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Married, old, pregnant, widow

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LADIES

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Are frequently consumed by sadhus

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GANJA, BHANG, CHARAS

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Environmental Sanitation:
> Tabooed bu Muslims and high caste Hindus

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ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

20
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Environmental Sanitation:
> Common utensils is conidered as a sign of brotherhood among Muslim

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Eating and Drinking

21
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Is universal in Indian Society

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Marriage

22
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Is incomplete without a male child

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Family

23
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Prolonged brastfeeding

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Good

24
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Oil bath, massage and exposure to sun

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Good

25
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Some foods (eggs, meat and fish, milk, leafy vegetables) are forbidden during pregnancy in some parts.

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Bad

26
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Deliveries are conducted by the traditional untrained dai or birth attendant.

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Bad

27
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No breast feed during the first 3 days of birth because of the belief that colostrum might be harmful; instead the child is put on water, and sugar solution.

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Bad

28
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Piercing ear/nose

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Unimportant

29
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Topical application of oil on head

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Unimportant

30
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Application of Surma / Kajal

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Uncertain

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Transcultural Nursing 2 (1 decks)

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