SAS#10 Flashcards
have a significant influence on a learners willingness and ability to respond to make and make use of the teaching-learning situation
GENDER
SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL
CULTURAL BACKGROUND
Girls learn to talk, use sentences and use a greater variety of words earlier than boys. In addition, girl z speak more clearly read clearly and do consistently better on tests of spelling and grammar
VERBAL ABILITY
By the end of elementary school, however, boys show signs of excellence in mathematical reasoning, and the difference in math abilities of boys over girls become even greater in school
MATHEMATICAL ABILITY
The ability to recognize a figure when it is rotated, to detect a shape embedded in another figure, or to accurately replicate a three-dimensional object is consistently better for males than for females
SPATIAL ABILITY
The complex concepts of problem solving, creativity analytical skill and cognitive styles when examine had led to mix findings regarding gender differences
PROBLEM SOLVING
Without exception, get better grades on average than boys, particularly at the elementary school level, scholastic performance of girls is more stable and less fluctuating than that of boys
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
Males of all ages and in most cultures are generally more aggressive than female
AGGRESSION
Females have been found generally to be more confirming and more influenced by suggestion
CONFORMITY AND DEPENDENCE
Females are more likely to express achievement motivation in social skills and social relations, whereas men are more likely to try to succeed and intellectual or competitive activities.
the difference is thought to be due to sex role expectations that are strongly communicated at very early age
ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION
PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTING TO LGBT HEALTH DISPARITIES
contribute to negative health behaviors and distress and high incidence of depression anxiety
SOCIAL STIGMA
PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTING TO LGBT HEALTH DISPARITIES
Decrease access to healthcare (no insurance for same-sex domestic partner)
STRUCTURAL BARRIERS
PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTING TO LGBT HEALTH DISPARITIES
Results in limited or ineffective use of healthcare services (unwillingness to disclose sexual identity to healthcare provider)
LACK OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY
Lgbtq population
Over _______ people estimated in the united states
8 MILLION
Under-represented in health research
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY (lgbtq population)
Is the most important determinant of physical and mental health in our society
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES)
SES variables that affect health beliefs, health practices and readiness to learn
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
FAMILY INCOME
OCCUPATION
FAMILY STRUCTURE
Social Class
Types of indices for measurement
OCCUPATION OF PARENTS
INCOME OF FAMILY
LOCATION OF RESIDENCE
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF PARENTS
Low educational level results in occupation with lower level of pay prestige and intellectual demand
families living at this level become part of the cycle that does not allow one to easily change a pattern of life
POVERTY CYCLE/CIRCLE OF POVERTY
Lack of financial resources has a negative impact on prevention of illness compliance with treatment and motivation to learn
Focus is on day today survival
IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMICS ON HEALTH
the costs of medical care and supplies can negatively impact a person’s or family’s financial well-being especially if socioeconomic level is already low
IMPACT OF ILLNESS ON SOCIO ECONOMICS
A willingness to modify one’s own culture as a result of contact with another culture on headline
ACCULTURATION
the willingness of a person immigrating to a new culture to gradually adapt and incorporate characteristics of the prevailing culture
ASSIMILATION
Recognizing and appreciating “the external signs of diversity” in other ethnic groups such as their art music dress and physical features
CULTURAL AWARENESS
a conscious process of demonstrating knowledge and understanding of a client’s culture so as to recognize accept and respect cultural differences and to be able to incorporate this cultural beliefs and practices about wellness and illness into the delivery of care by adapting and preventions to be congruent with the client’s culture
CULTURAL COMPETENCE
A term meaning “representing a variety of different cultures”
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Implies that “group assigns to its conventions arise out of its own historical background and can be understood only in the light of that background”
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
a complex concept that is an integral part of each person’s life and includes knowledge beliefs values moral customs traditions and habits acquired by each person as a member of a society
CULTURE
Define culture as “the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought characteristic of a population of people that guide their worldview and decision making”
PURNELL AND PAULANKA (1998)
Also referred to as a sub cultural; a population of “people who have experiences different from those dominant culture”
ETHIC GROUP
Concept describing, the universal tendency of human beings to think that their ways of thinking acting and believing are the only write proper and natural ways
ETHNOCENTRISM
The thoughts, attitude and beliefs that reflect the social needs and desires of an individual or as the cultural group
IDEOLOGY
Ethnocultural groups of people who have experiences different from those of the dominant culture by virtue of status ethnic background residence religion education or other factors that functionally unify the group and act collectively on each member with a conscious awareness of these differences.
SUBCULTURES
Assessment models
PURNELL MODEL FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE
Nationality, race, color, gender, age, religious affiliation
PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS
SES, physical characteristics, educational status, occupational status, place of residence
SECONDARY CHARACTERISTICS
Communication, personal space, social organization, time, environmental control, biological variations
GIGER & DAVIDHIZAR’S TRANSCULTURAL ASSESSMENT MODEL: SIX CULTURAL PHENOMENA
Emphasis improvement of cross-cultural healthcare communication
LEARN MODEL
Recognizes difference in cultures of both the nurse and the patient
NURSE/CLIENT NEGOTIATIONS MODEL
