EXAM 1: Cultural Competency And Health Disparities Flashcards
What is culture?
“The body of learned beliefs, traditions, principles, and guides for behavior that are commonly shared among members of a particular group. Culture serves as a roadmap for both perceiving and interacting with the world.”
Why does culture matter?
Our culture shapes how we view other people and interact with them.
We develop cultural characteristics, including health beliefs, through life experiences and education.
Our cultural background shapes how we eat, exercise and take care of our health
Lack of knowledge or sensitivity to culture can….
Prevent us from understanding other peoples actions and reactions
Limit one’s ability to provide quality education/healthcare
While cultural ___________ might be considered the
intention of the provider, cultural ____________ is the
measurable outcomes of patients’ satisfaction and
their rating of the effectiveness of the advice or
education given.
Sensitivity, Competence
What is cultural destructiveness
Attitudes and behaviors damaging to other cultures
What cultural incapacity
Views of superiority towards one’s own culture
What is cultural blindness
Belief that culture makes no difference
What is cultural competence
Cultural differences are accepted and respected
What is cultural proficiency
Act to improve cultural relations in society
Culture also matters because…
Health status varies by cultural groups
There are substantial health disparities in segments of the population
What are health disparities?
“Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of disease and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the US”
Simply put: “disparities… occur when members of certain population groups do not enjoy the same health status as other groups”
Health disparities may be due to:
Socioeconomic status
Health insurance
Culture
Access to health care
Discrimination/racism/sterotyping
Environment
- living conditions
- rural vs. urban
Health behaviors
What is diversity?
Means having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds various lifestyles, experience and interest
- having a variety of individuals and points of view represented in the department
Is a group of people who are different in the same place
What is cross-culture
Interactions between or among individuals who represent distinctly different cultures
What is race
Usually associated with biology and linked with physical characteristics such as skin color or hair texture
