Exam 3: Lecture 12 - Social, Political, and Cultural Issues in Global Health Flashcards
Besides Environment, Human, and Animal what is another aspect of One Health LMU Definition?
social determinants
What is defined as:
- Clash of Civilizations
- Decline of nation state from the conflicting pulls of tribalism and globalism
- Return of tradition rivalries between nation states
- End of history - Fukuyama - democratic capitalism
Huntington “Clash of Civilizations”
_______ will remain the most powerful actors in world affair, but the principle conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations
Nation States
T/F: The clash of civilization will dominate global politics
true
What are the two levels of clash of civilizations
Macro-level and micro-level
Define the micro-level of clash of civilization
- adjacent groups along the fault lines between civilizations struggle, often violently, over the control of territory and each other
- This occurs within a country
Define the macro-level of clash of civilizations
States from different civilizations compete for relative military economic power, struggle over the control of international institutions and third parties, and competitively promote their particular political and religious views
What is defined as:
- Veternarians demonstrate an understanding of the manner in which culture and belief systems impact delivery of veterinary medical care while recognizing and appropriately ddressing biases in themselves, in others, and in the process of veterinary medical care delivery
Diversity and multicultural awareness
What is defined as:
- Veternarians recognize that they function within a continually changing physical, technological, economic, and societal enviornment. They demonstrate curiosity and flexibility when challenged with changing priorities and situations. A key attribute for veternarians is their ability to quickly acquire technological expertise
Adapt to changing environments
_____ demonstrates an understading of the manner in which culture and belief systems impact delivery of _____ medical care while recognizing and appropriately addressing bias in themsevles, in others, and in the process of care and delivery
Veterinarians
veterinary medical care
What is defined as:
- The sum total of the way people live
- everything around us
Culture
What is defined as:
- Politics, economy, family, work, religion, class, social structures, spending
- Language, level of technology, environment, getting and staying healthy, and ecology
Culture
What is culture and cultural competency?
a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations
What is defined as:
- Help professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations
Cultural Competence
Why is cultural competency important?
Allows professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations
High or Low context?
- Process focus (how)
- Slowly built relationships
- group orientation
- Hierarchy
High context
High or Low context?
- Formality
- Indirect communication
- High focus - non-verbal
- Message as artform
High context
High or Low context?
- China
High context
High or Low context?
- Results focus (what)
- Fast built relationships
- Individual orientation
- Equality
Low context
High or Low context?
- Informality valued
- Direct communication
- Low focus - verbal
- Message as information
Low context
High or Low context?
- United states
Low context
Does High context culture operate with a wide or narrow lens
Wide angel lens
- Include many factors when they interupt meaning in situations
High or Low context?
- view gestures
- Social settings
- Phrasing
- History
- posture
- eye and facial expressions
- Tone of voice
- Body language
- Social status
- words all as import pieces of information
High Context Culture
High or Low context?
- operate with a “narrow angle lens” and screen out many factors when they interpret meaning
Low context culture
High or Low context?
- Pay more attention to words and facts as the most important information in communication
- More comfortable with facts, plans, and technical information
Low context culture
Define Fatalism
Didnt get sick due to an illness, but from environmental / religions issues
What are the two types of illness related to cultural attitude to health and illness
physical
mental
External forces for cultural attitude to health and illness are?
- environment
- skin
- hexes
- God or the gods
- Evil eye
Does the following fit under western or non-western views?
- The supernatural world
- the social worlds
non-western views
Does the following fit under western or non-western views?
- The natural world
- The patient
Western views
Does the following fit under western or non-western views?
- Germ theory and culture dominican republic / haitian public and rabies
- there was a general understanding that there was some sort of germ that caused rabies and it could come from dogs
- However, the proximate cause of the rabies was a curse placed on the individual
A mix of western and non-western beliefs
in 2019, what are the two extraordinary contrasts with dogs in china?
world dog show and Yulin dog meat festival
Define the Afgan cultural context
Soldiers were not able to keep the animals so they would raise money / ask for donations to help animal shelters, but on the other hand, what could that money have done for kids living in poverty
What country is the number 1 exporter of beff
India
How can beef play a role in politics in India
Revival of the cow as an instrument of political welfare
The following are examples of conflict in?
- culture
- personal
- occupational
Values
When Dr. V helped dairy production ourput increase milk availability by over 300% the outcome what that people quit feeding grain, why?
Dr. V failed to understand the cultural context
what 4 element have a tremendous impact on One Health and On Health Programs
- culture
- social
- religious
- political
____% of the population stil use traditional medicine (TM) for primary healthcare - this is important to understand
- Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East
70-95%
