Evidence-based Cultural Considerations

Question 1

African Americans

Answer 1

1. May believe in voodoo
2. Folk healers and folk medicine may be common
3. Health viewed as a gift from God
4. Touch is essential part of healthcare (little personal space)
5. May d/c meds once sx subside

Question 2

Hispanics

Answer 2

1. Believe unnecessary to continue meds once symptoms ebate
2. Esteem the mother or grandmother
3. Balance of hot and cold essential
4. May not take penicillin for hot illness because penicillin is viewed as hot
5. Illnesses may be caused by evil eye
6. Health gift from God and reward for good behavior
7. Use of curanderos (healers)
8. Concerned about addiction to meds
9. May prefer injections over oral meds

Question 3

Asians

Answer 3

1. Vast vary of herbal remedies (drug interactions)
2. Eye contact sign of disrespect
3. Word “yes” common and is being polite
4. Esteem elders
5. Well insured compared to other races
6. Half as many > 65 make visits to healthcare providers versus Caucasians
7. Longer life expectancies, lower death rates
8. Influenced by Shinto
9. Japanese and other Asian females would rather talk to female healthcare provider
10. Chinese and Filipinos = yin and yang
11. Filipinos may way amulets and religious medals as shield from witchcraft or as good-luck charm

Question 4

Native Americans

Answer 4

1. Elder = leadership
2. Illness = imbalance
3. Use Native American medicine to treat “Native American” problems (pain, mental illness, alcoholism)