M4 Chpt 5: Cultural Influences and Public Health Nutrition

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

The process of a cultural group adapting or learning the cultural norms of another group

Question 2

Dietary Acculturation

Answer 2

• The process that occurs when immigrants adopt the dietary practices, eating patterns, and food choices of the host country
• Can be good or bad

Question 3

Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

• A way of looking at the world through a personal lens that has been influenced by personality, genetics, family and relationships, and media
• Subconscious disregard for cultural differences

Question 4

Health

Answer 4

The status of an individual’s condition and their state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being

Question 5

Health Care

Answer 5

The process of treating an illness or injury

Question 6

Health disparities are associated with ____ outcomes for ______ populations

Answer 6

• Poor

- Minority

Question 7

Hunger-obesity paradox

Answer 7

Obesity and hunger can coexist in the same person within the same household

Question 8

Rural areas have significantly higher rates of

Answer 8

• Heart disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes

Question 9

Biology in the context of determinants of health

Answer 9

The individual’s genetic makeup, family history, and the physical and mental health problems attained during life

Question 10

Culture

Answer 10

Customary beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group

Question 11

Race

Answer 11

A social classification that relies on physical markers, such as skin color, to identify group membership

Question 12

Ethnicity

Answer 12

Shared origins or social background; shared culture and traditions that are maintained between generations; and shared culture that contributes to a sense of identity and group

Question 13

Cultural Competence

Answer 13

Understanding the importance of social and cultural influences on individual’s health beliefs and behaviors

Question 14

4 Steps to acquiring cultural competence

Answer 14

• Cultural awareness
• Cultural knowledge
• Cultural skill
• Cultural encounter

Question 15

Cultural Awareness

Answer 15

Developing an understanding and sensitivity to another ethnic group’s values, beliefs, practices, lifestyles, and problem-solving strategies

Question 16

Cultural Knowledge

Answer 16

Involves acclimatizing to selected cultural characteristics such as history, values, belief systems, and behaviors of the members of another ethnic group

Question 17

Cultural Skill

Answer 17

Effective integration of cultural awareness and cultural knowledge to meet the participant’s needs

Question 18

Communication

Answer 18

A social interaction of giving and receiving information for facilitating understanding and creating social connection with a common set of rules

Question 19

Cultural sensitivity

Answer 19

A heightened knowledge of the needs of the client

Question 20

When designing health promotion programs for multicultural groups you should focus on…

Answer 20

Developing programs that are culturally sensitive rather than catering to the dominant culture

Question 21

Barriers to multicultural health promotion and disease prevention

Answer 21

• Primary language spoken
• Lack of available physician offices/hospitals
• Transportation can also be barriers

Question 22

African American Dietary Patterns

Answer 22

• Hight in fat, salt, and sugar

- High in fried foods and sweetened drinks

Question 23

Hispanic/Latino American Dietary Patterns

Answer 23

• Increased consumption of high-fat, high sugar, highly processed foods associated with mainstream culture
• Increased due to dietary acculturation

Question 24

Native American Dietary Patterns

Answer 24

Cereal w/ milk, fried potatoes, fried eggs, chopped meat, milk, bread with butter, oatmeal/cornmeal, white sugar

Question 25

Asian Dietary Patterns

Answer 25

Low in fat & dairy products, high in complex carbohydrates & sodium

Question 26

Caucasian Dietary Patterns

Answer 26

Red meat, high-fat salty foods, processed foods, sugary desserts, & often alcohol

Question 27

Scales of Acculturation

Answer 27

• Residency
• Language
• Age of immigration
• Food list
• Dietary acculturation scales
• Individual acculturation scales for each ethnicities