Final Definitions

Question 1

Cultural Awareness

Answer 1

Emic perspective: Introspective cultural values and beliefs (looking from the inside out)
Etic perspective: Extrospective cultural values and beliefs (looking from the outside in)

Question 2

Cultural Group

Answer 2

People with common origins, customs, and styles of living

A shared sense of anything, attitudes, behaviors

Question 3

Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

Viewing one’s own cultural group as the center of everything, and is the standard against which other cultures are judged

Question 4

Cultural Relativity

Answer 4

Behavior must be judged in relation to the context of the culture in which it occurs

Question 5

Acculturation

Answer 5

The degree to which people from any cultural group display behavior which is like the more pervasive American (or whichever society) norms of behavior
Also called: Westernization or modernization
People with high levels of acculturation have high levels of formal education, born into a family in the US, amount of contact with people from their culture is low, early age, higher SES

Question 6

Health Belief Model

Answer 6

Explanatory Model (Kleinman): a model to help physicians with their patient care

Question 7

Guidelines for working with culturally diverse patients

Answer 7

Establish rapport to avoid stereotyping
Learn about the community - participant observation and key informants
Paradigm of practitioner - client relationship, group or dyadic
Institutional setting - specific location
Time coordinates - episodic or continuous, time spent each meeting, time spent communicating with each other
Quality of relationship

Question 8

Summary

Answer 8

Use culturally appropriate language and dialect
Provide direct and nonjudgemental message
Recognize differences in verbal expressiveness
Use interpreter trained in cross cultural interpretation and health care

Question 9

Guidelines for Material Development

Answer 9

Assess your audience (who)
Develop your message (what)
Develop your content and visuals
Present material and revise if necessary (audience research)

Question 10

Guide to Writing in Plain Language

Answer 10

Be clear and to the point
Include only necessary details
Use active voice
Use personal pronouns
Use short sentences and paragraphs
Use easy to understand design features

Question 11

10 Tips for Effective PPT Presentations

Answer 11

1. Is there a need for PPT?
2. Limit the amount of content (7-8 lines per slide)
3. Make sure font is readable (title 30, body 20-24)
4. Pay attention to format (master function)
5. Make wise color choices (dark with light text)
6. Use pictures with caution
7. Add tables and graphs as needed
8. Know the equipment and room
9. You are the presentation
10. Practice, practice, practice