Topic 3 - Cross-cultural health beliefs related to food Flashcards
Food as Medicine
Almost all cultures use dietary practices to maintain health or to treat illness
Cultures that view food as medicine: A_____, C______, South _______, Latin Americans.
Arabs, Chinese, South Asians, Latin Americans
Health Canada - Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
2007 food guide included the 4 food groups
1) Vegetables and fruit
2) Grain products
3) Milk and alternatives
4) Meat and alternatives
1) Vegetables and fruit
2) Grain products
3) Milk and alternatives
4) Meat and alternatives
The Nutrition Facts Table seeks to help to _______ information about healthy eating practices, increase ____________ of the links between nutritional health and well-being, and help people reduce the risk of chronic nutrition-related diseases.
reinforce information about healthy eating practices
increase understanding of the links between nutritional health and well-being
Health beliefs are ________. Therefore understanding of the cause, prevention, and treatment of disease will differ.
cultural
Health beliefs will impact:
– The ________ a person considers to be a health problem
– Trust or distrust of _________ advice or procedures;
– An individual’s desire to keep a disease __________
– Tendencies toward stoicism or dramatic reactions to discomfort or pain;
– Social support provided by family and community.
– Symptoms – Medical advice – confidential, confidentiality – reactions to discomfort or pain; – Types of social support provided by family and community (Social Capital)
Biomedicine is system of clinical medicine based off of principles of biology, physiology, and biochemistry.
Focuses on internal workings
Disease is seen as a ________ of the body
malfunction
Biomedicine identifies three causes of disease.
1) _________ causes: bacteria, viruses, toxins, tumors, injury
2) _________ causes: smoking, high cholesterol levels, glucose intolerance, or nutritional deficiencies
3) _______ causes: hereditary predisposition, obesity.
Biomedicine identifies three causes of disease.
1) Immediate - bacteria, viruses, toxins, tumors, injury
2) Underlying - smoking, high cholesterol levels, glucose intolerance, or nutritional deficiencies
3) Ultimate - hereditary predisposition, obesity.
Evidence-based medicine applies the best evidence from the scientific method to clinical decision making.
Therefore it places placebo-controlled clinical trials at the ____ and conventional wisdom at the _______.
Placebo-controlled clinical trials at the top
Conventional wisdom at the bottom
Traditional medicine (Indigenous medicine or folk medicine)
Describes medical knowledge _______ which developed over centuries within different societies.
knowledge systems
Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditional Health Beliefs in Mexico
- A holistic system focuses on sorcery, soul loss, and loss of homeostasis between the body’s hot and cold humors;
- Illness can be the result of God’s will, fate, or unnatural (evil) forces;
- Illness cannot therefore always be avoided by the individual.
Fatalistic, deterministic
Health Beliefs in India
- Illness caused by ______: ____ _____ actions affect one’s present life
- Indians may rely on _____ remedies as the principal means of preventing and curing illnesses.
- ________ dietary system of India: Hindus, Sikhs, some Muslims
karma, past life
herbal remedies
Ayurvedic
– Diet, herbal remedies, meditation • 1,400 plants used
– Hot and cold foods and conditions
Traditional Health Beliefs of Southeast Asia
- Typically combine facets of ________ ______ systems.
- May hold beliefs dating back to the ancient religions of the region.
- Many believe in spirits and ghosts of ________ who have the ability to act as guardians against misfortune or who can cause harm and suffering.
- ___/___/____ are believed to cause disease (i.e.; protection from cold wind is important)
- Hot and Cold beliefs prevail
multiple belief systems
spirits and ghost of ancestors
Wind/air/drafts believed to cause disease
Health Beliefs in the Philippines
- Life is __________ God’s will and supernatural forces.
- Illness is a punishment for ______________ against God.
- Illness due to the evil eye, witchcraft and the unhappy ghosts of one’s ancestors.
- Mexican hot-cold theory used to treat sickness
• _________is used to cleanse the body of
impurities or evil forces through vomiting,
perspiration.
Life is controlled
illness is punishments for transgressions against god, and or the evil eye/witchcraft/unhappy ancestors.
Flushing used to cleanse impurities
– Vinegar mixed with water, salt and chile peppers is taken to stimulate sweating.
The Evil Eye (mal de ojo)
- Some Middle Eastern, African , Mediterranean and Latin American countries
- Amulets may be worn to protect from the .
- The _________ is a popular palm-shaped amulet used throughout North Africa and the Middle East to ward off the evil eye.
worn to protect from the “evil eye”
Khamsa
Response to illness is based on
belief in its cause…
- Personal responsibility
- Fatalistic attitude
• Sickness is considered a punishment for the
violation of religious laws, or is part of God’s plan.
– Illness caused by actions of gods, spirits, or the ghosts of ancestors
