Week 10-12 - Diversity in Healthcare Flashcards
Ethnocentrism
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture
Cultural imposition
:A situation where one culture forces their values and beliefs onto another culture or subculture.
Stereotypes
When one assumes that all people within a culture act, think, and behave in the same way.
Discrimination
Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the guards of race, age, or sex.
Racism
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
What is a barrier to indigenous healthcare?
lack of trust/belief in western healthcare
Intentionally disinviting
Fully aware of inappropriate and harmful behaviour, cultural conflict will occur
Unintentionally disinviting
Typically well-meaning people, behave innocently, actions are careless
Unintentionally inviting
Happy and pleasant people, that are warm and approachable, but it stops there
Intentionally inviting
These individuals embrace jean watsons quote from the previous slide
Culture: According to the CNA
Shared pattern of learned values and behaviours that are transmitted over time and that distinguish members of one group from another
What is included in culture?
language, ethnicity, spiritual and religious beliefs, socio-economical class, gender, sexual orientation, age, group history, geographic origin, education as well as childhood and life.
Ethnicity
Share a social and cultural heritage, share a common identity e.g. Scottish, Vietnamese or Colombian
Race
Common biological attributes shared by a group e.g. colour of one’s skin or hair
Emic world view
Insider or native perspective about their culture
Etic world view
Outsider perspective of the culture
Assimilation
When people give up their ethnic identity in favour of the dominant culture
Enculturation
Socialization into one’s primary culture during childhood
Acculturation
The process of adapting to and adopting characteristics of a new culture
Multiculturism/diversity
Celebrate differences, individual cultures are maintained and respected
Legislation regarding diversity in Canada
1) Official language act (1969, updated 1988)
2) Canadian Constitution Act (1982)
3) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
4) Canadian Multiculturalism Act (1988)
What is the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms?
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right
to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without
discrimination and in particular without discrimination based on
race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or
physical disability.
Global health
The optimal wellbeing of all humans from the individual and collective perspective and is considered a fundamental human right which should be accessible to all
Global citizenship
commitment to act on social injustice and equity
Cultural competence
Inclusivity, respect, valuing differences, equity, commitment
CNO Culture assumptions
- Everyone has a culture
- Culture is individual
- Culture is influenced by many factors
- Culture is dynamic
- Reactions to culture are automatic and influence the nurse-client relationship
- The values of our profession are upheld by all nurses
- Cultural needs should always be assessed
