Culture Flashcards

1
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What does it mean to be a culturally competent practitioner? (4)

A
  • Understanding who you are and what you bring to the table
  • Awareness that there are other cultures
  • Being accepting of other cultures
  • Be willing to modify or adapt plan for potential barriers
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What is the evolution through development of cultural competence? (5)

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  1. Unawareness
  2. Acknowledgment of differences
  3. Change in behaviors
  4. Awareness of a need to know more
  5. Gain in cultural knowledge
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3
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How are individuals classified?

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  • Where are they from
  • Occupation
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Interests
  • Religion
  • Race & ethnicity
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4
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How do PTs deal with cultural issues?

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  • Check you baggage

- Self assess your nonverbals

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5
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What does “check your baggage mean?”

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Leave opinions at the door and be open minded

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6
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What is culture? (9)

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  • Language
  • Traditions
  • Beliefs
  • Values
  • Age
  • Religion
  • Food you eat
  • Clothing
  • Socioeconomic status
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7
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What is culture like?

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An iceberg

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8
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How is culture like an iceberg?

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only a little can be seen to give you an idea of what it is but the majority of it is not visible

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9
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Culture is a?

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  • Social connection
  • Unity and community
  • objective and subjective
  • Primary and secondary
  • Internalized or externalized
  • Dynamic
  • Multi-level
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10
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What is acculturation?

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Completely adopting everything about the dominant culture

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11
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What is assimilation?

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The language or culture of a person or group come to resemble that of another group (blend culture)

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12
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What is bicultural?

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Of 2 cultures

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13
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What is multiculturalism?

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Of many cultures

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14
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What is diversity?

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Inclusion of different cultures into a group

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15
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What is cultural awareness?

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Acknowledging your own culture and other people’s cultures and the differences.

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What is cultural competence?

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Set of behaviors, attitudes, policies that allow you to work professionally in cross cultural situations

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17
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What is cultural knowledge?

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Basic info to develop the base for different cultural groups

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18
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What is cultural proficiency?

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Knowledge to a higher level of understanding helps increase effectiveness of interaction

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19
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What is cultural sensitivity?

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Enables you to develop an understanding and learn about people’s different values and beliefs

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20
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What is cultural destruction?

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Aspects of a culture that are left behind due to assimilation

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21
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What is intracultural?

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With in one cultural group

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22
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What is intercultural?

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Between cultures

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23
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What are primary characteristics of culture?

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Visible differences

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24
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What are examples of primary cultural characteristics?

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  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • Race
  • Color
  • Age
  • Religious affiliation
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25
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What are secondary characteristics of culture?

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Invisible differences

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26
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What are examples of secondary cultural characteristics?

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  • Occupation
  • Life circumstances
  • Experiences
  • Education level
  • Marital status
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Political beliefs
  • Where they live
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27
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What are individualistic cultures?

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Individual comes first then group

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28
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What are collectivist cultures?

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Group comes first then individual

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29
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What are some factors to consider when dealing with individuals from different cultures?

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  • Body language
  • Eye contact
  • Multitasking
  • Personal space
  • Respect for authority figures
  • Small talk
  • Timeliness
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30
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What are the 2 types of time?

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Monochronic and polychronic

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31
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What is monochronic?

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There is only one time (punctual people)

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32
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What is polychronic?

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  • There is many times

- Time can be shifted or changed

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33
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What are the 4 types of space?

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  • Intimate space
  • Personal space
  • Social space
  • Public space
34
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How big is intimate space?

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6”-18”

35
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How big is personal space?

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18”-4’

36
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How big is social space?

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4’-7’

37
Q

How big is public space?

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12’-15’

38
Q

What does the “OK” hand gesture mean in the US, Russia, Brazil, and Japan?

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US = OK
Russia = Zero
Brazil = Insult
Japan = Money
39
Q

What are strategies that can be used to overcome a language barrier?

A

Interpreter (Professional or family member/friend)

40
Q

What is translator etiquette?

A

Talk to the patient not the translator

41
Q

What are the 3 models of why illness happens?

A
  • Biomedical model
  • Personalistic model
  • Naturalistic model
42
Q

What is the biomedical model?

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There is a scientific reason why you are sick

43
Q

What is the personalistic model?

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Belief that a supernatural being or power is responsible for you having this disability

44
Q

What is the naturalistic model?

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Belief that an imbalance with nature is causing the injury.

45
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How does one belief they heal in the naturalistic model?

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Once the imbalance is fixed

46
Q

What is habilitation?

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Maintaining a current level

47
Q

What is rehabilitation?

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Returning or restoring skills lost due to illness or injury

48
Q

What are appropriate “SICK” behaviors?

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  • Hesitance to do an activity that caused injury

- Hesitance to go home and be independent

49
Q

What is learned helplessness?

A

Dependency on another to do something for you

50
Q

What are comorbitities?

A

Conditions that are grouped together

51
Q

Disability can be seen as a? (3)

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  • Gift
  • Punishment
  • Atonement
52
Q

What is the moral model?

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Disability is sinful, result of doing something wrong (atonement)

53
Q

What is the medical model?

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Disability is a problem that needs to be fixed, intervention (usually very expensive and may not really help disability)

54
Q

What is the rehab model?

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Disability is a problem that needs to be fixed, intervention, and the problem is fixed by working with the person

55
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What is the disability model?

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Disabilities are much more accepted, normal part of life, nothing wrong with disability

56
Q

What is another name for the disability model?

A

Social model

57
Q

What is the ADA?

A

Americans with Disability Act

58
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When did the ADA form?

A

1990’s

59
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What is a disability?

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Any physical or mental impairment, which substantially limits 1 or more of the major activities of the individual

60
Q

What is people first language?

A

Putting the person before the disability

61
Q

What are words not to use?

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Afflicted, Abnormal, Atypical, Defective, Disabled, Handicapped, Challenged, Impaired, Limited, Retarded, Exceptional, Infirmed, Lame, Medically fragile, Special, Delayed, Sick

62
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What is meant by the term an “Individual with Special Needs?”

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Someone who needs something additional to the normal person

63
Q

What are important things to develop?

A
  • Effective therapeutic relationships
  • Effective communication strategies
  • Strategies that enhance learning
64
Q

What are the 7 disability types?

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  1. Sensory
  2. Learning
  3. Developmental
  4. Mental
  5. Physical
  6. Communication
  7. Chronic Illness
65
Q

What is an example of a sensory disability?

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Deaf or blind

66
Q

What is an example of a learning disability?

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Dsylexia

67
Q

What is an example of a developmental disability?

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Autism, ADHD, and Aspergers

68
Q

What is an example of a mental disability?

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Altered Cognition

69
Q

What is an example of a physical disability?

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

70
Q

What is an example of a communication disability?

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Muteness, Aphasia

71
Q

What is an example of a chronic illness?

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Lupus, Asthma

72
Q

How are developmental disabilities determined?

A

They are present at birth

73
Q

How are physical disabilities determined?

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Intact then injury occurs

74
Q

How does disability and poverty effect socioeconomic status?

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  • Lack of employment

- Inflexible employment

75
Q

How does disability and poverty effect education?

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  • Lack of education

- Inaccessible information

76
Q

How does disability and poverty effect healthcare?

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  • Inaccessible facilities

- Inaccessible transportation

77
Q

How does disability and poverty effect healthcare?

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  • Inaccessible facilities

- Inaccessible transportation

78
Q

What are the symptoms of poverty?

A

Basic needs, education, and healthcare

79
Q

What are the basic needs that tie into the symptoms of poverty?

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Diet, home, safety

80
Q

What are the educations types that tie into the symptoms of poverty?

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Oral, written, and computer

81
Q

What does the PT practice involve in terms of literacy?

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Patient education, outcome, and adherence