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Week 5-7, 13-14 Flashcards

1
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Whats the capital city of Lebanon

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Beirut

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2
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Does Beirut offer good maternity care

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Yes

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3
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Are pregnant Lebanese Muslim women required to fast during Ramadan

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No, they are exempt and typically sustain a healthy nutritional diet

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Labour and Birth in Lebanon

Why would a women’s support person be reciting verses of the Qur’an

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its done during labour to help ease the woman’s discomfort

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5
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Antenatal care in Lebanon

Antenatal care is usually provided by…

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an obstetrician in a surgery. Women typically see their care provider once or twice during pregnancy unless there’s complications

Midwifery care antenatally is rare

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What are the practices done with the birth of the baby in Lebanese culture

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Shortly following the birth, the father is required to:

  • Addin (call to prayer) softly in the baby’s ear.
  • Preferably before the first feed, a small piece of softened date be rubbed on the newborns palate
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What are the practices done postnatally in Lebanese culture

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  • remain indoors 40days
  • woman cared for mother, sister, mother in law
  • abstain from sex for 40days
  • naming infant
  • shaving hair 7days post birth
  • male circumcision
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8
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Define: female genital mutilation

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FGM comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the female external genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs for cultural or any othernon-therapeutic reasons

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When was the term FGM adopted

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1990

1991- WHO recommended United Nations adopt this term

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10
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What are the Global estimates of FGM

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  • 100-140 million women and girls worldwide undergone the procedure
  • 6,000 girls every day
  • One girl every 5 mins
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What country has the highest number of females that have undergone FGM

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1st-Egypt
2nd- Ethyopia
3rd- Nigeria

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12
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What are some of the reasons behind FGM

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Tradition
Religion
Social cohesion
Economics
Psychosexual
Aesthetics and hygiene
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13
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What laws protect against FGM in Australia

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Crimes (Female Genital Mutilation) Act1995 No 58 Section 45.

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14
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What is birthing on country (Aboriginal)

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Is the sacred practice of Aboriginal women giving birth directly on the land in their community, not in hospitals, supported by their kin.

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Why is birthing on country important?

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it’s a sacred and ho;y experience for Aboriginal women

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What is Kinship

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Kinship defines their social and familial network, as well as defines their roles and responsibilities within this community.

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17
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How do you think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with high risk pregnancies could be better supported?

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  • By providing more access to special clinics for high-risk women within the communities,
  • not shipping them out to another hospital away from their community and family members.
  • Employ aboriginal women/elders as midwives/ midwifery aids to facilitate culturally safe births
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What are common Lebanese Muslim customs and traditions related to birth and the post-partum period?

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BIRTH

  • Children are born pure
  • Call to prayer is performed immediately after birth by whispering in baby’s right ear by the father
  • Shaving the infants head and rubbing saffron into baby’s forehead. Hair is weighed and its value in $ is donated. Was also done for cleanliness
  • Circumcision is an act of cleanliness and is also symbolic of Abraham’s lasting covenant (to god). For modern day is cleanliness
  • Rubbing a date inside the babies mouth

POSTPARTUM

  • Naming children- typically linked to god’s servant’s attributes
  • Community would be invited to a ceremony, recite the quran
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19
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Define: Grief

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the emotional process that occurs for the loss of a loved one

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20
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Define: Bereavement

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the loss of something or someone special

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21
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Define: Mourning

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the expression of grief in one’s culture

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22
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What are Kunler-Ross’s 5 stages of Grief

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  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining
  4. Depression
  5. Acceptance
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23
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What are the cultural implications for grief in nursing and midwifery

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  • demonstrating cultural sensitivity
  • seeking support service for the grieving family to assist with funeral arrangements, customs and traditions
  • Accommodating family requests when there has been a death
24
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Maintaining an element of “what” was important to some women, particularly during labour and when female staff were not available

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privacy

25
Q

A large number of women reported cultural preferences and needs related to burial of their…

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placenta

26
Q

Traditional Aboriginal midwives do what to guide the baby during labour.

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Sing the baby through the birth canal

27
Q

True or False

There is no correct way or time to grieve

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True

28
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True or False

There is no distinct difference between grief, bereavement and mourning

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False

29
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True or False

The grief process does not begin until after the death of a loved one

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False

30
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Parents of a deceased neonate may request to what..

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cuddle their baby for an extended length of time

31
Q

What are 5 traditional practices in relation to mourning that vary between cultures

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Funerals
Burial
Expression on grief
Time of Mourning
Help-seeking behaviour
32
Q

How long approximately have the ATSI been living in Australia

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at least 40 000 years and possibly up to 60 000 years

33
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Who make up the rest of the Australian population after ASTI people

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these are migrants or decendants of migrants who arrived in Australia since the first settlement from approx 200 countries

34
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What are some reasons why people would have migrated to Australia

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  • reuniting with family

- escape poverty or war

35
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What is the largest and second largest ethnic ancestral group that Australians identify with?

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Largest- the English- which makes up about 36% of the population

2nd Largest- Australian- making up about 35% of the population

36
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What are the top 10 ethnic groups that make up Australia

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  1. UK
  2. New Zealand
  3. China
  4. India
  5. Philippines
  6. Vietnam
  7. Italy
  8. South Africa
  9. Malaysia
  10. Germany
37
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What factors are considered important for the health of migrant individuals

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  • Pre-migration: fleeing, seeking asylum, political instability, abuse
  • The process of resettlement: stress of migration, unemployment, lack of acceptance, financial stress
  • Response to the stressors of the dominant culture
38
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Define: Institutional racism

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Systemic racism within the legal, education and health systems

39
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You are a nurse working at an Aboriginal health service. you notice few people are attending the service. As a culturally competent nurse, you would….

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Reach out to local elders and members of liaison groups you have already developed relationships with and how to improve the service

40
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True or False

Assimilation and integration policies meant that Aboriginal children were given more opportunities to succeed by receiving an eeducation

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False

41
Q

The trauma felt by members of the stolen generation is passed down through the generations because of….

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the ripple effect

42
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Assimilation policies meant that Aboriginal children were made wards of the state and institutionalised up until what year?

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The 1960’s

43
Q

Aboriginal people were first included in the national census after what Referendum

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1967 Referendum

44
Q

A nurse can use silence by….

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giving the patient extra time to answer, in case they want to add more information

45
Q

True or False

Segregation was considered a temporary measure to be used until Aboriginal people died out

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False

46
Q

True or False

Culture is the reason why all people in a particular group think, behave and interact in the same way

A

True

based on the institutions perspective

47
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Define: Intersex

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ambiguous genitalia/ general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male

48
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Define: Asexual

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without sexual feelings or associations

49
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Define: Gender Fluidity

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having an overlap of, or indefinite lines between, gender identity; having two or more genders (being bigender, trigender, or pangender); having no gender (being agender, nongendered, genderless, genderfree or neutrois); moving between genders or having a fluctuating gender identity

50
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Define: Cisgender

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denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex

51
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Define: Sexual Fluidity

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is one or more changes in sexuality or sexual identity (sometimes known as sexual orientation identity)

52
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Define: Pansexual

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an attraction to an individual not a gender /not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity

53
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Define: Heterosexism

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discrimination or prejudice against homosexuals on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation

54
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Define: Transphobia

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dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people

55
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Define: Transgender

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denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex

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