Week 5-7, 13-14

Question 1

Whats the capital city of Lebanon

Answer 1

Beirut

Question 2

Does Beirut offer good maternity care

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Are pregnant Lebanese Muslim women required to fast during Ramadan

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Labour and Birth in Lebanon

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Antenatal care in Lebanon

Antenatal care is usually provided by…

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What are the practices done postnatally in Lebanese culture

Answer 7

• 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

Question 8

Define: female genital mutilation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

When was the term FGM adopted

Answer 9

1990

1991- WHO recommended United Nations adopt this term

Question 10

What are the Global estimates of FGM

Answer 10

• 100-140 million women and girls worldwide undergone the procedure
• 6,000 girls every day
• One girl every 5 mins

Question 11

What country has the highest number of females that have undergone FGM

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What are some of the reasons behind FGM

Answer 12

Tradition
Religion
Social cohesion
Economics
Psychosexual
Aesthetics and hygiene

Question 13

What laws protect against FGM in Australia

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is birthing on country (Aboriginal)

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Why is birthing on country important?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What is Kinship

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

What are common Lebanese Muslim customs and traditions related to birth and the post-partum period?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Define: Grief

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Define: Bereavement

Answer 20

the loss of something or someone special

Question 21

Define: Mourning

Answer 21

the expression of grief in one’s culture

Question 22

What are Kunler-Ross’s 5 stages of Grief

Answer 22

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Question 23

What are the cultural implications for grief in nursing and midwifery

Answer 23

• 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

Question 24

Maintaining an element of “what” was important to some women, particularly during labour and when female staff were not available

Answer 24

privacy

Question 25

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

Answer 25

placenta

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Sing the baby through the birth canal

Question 27

True or False There is no correct way or time to grieve

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or False There is no distinct difference between grief, bereavement and mourning

Answer 28

False

Question 29

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

Answer 29

False

Question 30

Parents of a deceased neonate may request to what..

Answer 30

cuddle their baby for an extended length of time

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

How long approximately have the ATSI been living in Australia

Answer 32

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

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What are some reasons why people would have migrated to Australia

Answer 34

- reuniting with family | - escape poverty or war

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Largest- the English- which makes up about 36% of the population 2nd Largest- Australian- making up about 35% of the population

Question 36

What are the top 10 ethnic groups that make up Australia

Answer 36

1. UK 2. New Zealand 3. China 4. India 5. Philippines 6. Vietnam 7. Italy 8. South Africa 9. Malaysia 10. Germany

Question 37

What factors are considered important for the health of migrant individuals

Answer 37

- 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

Question 38

Define: Institutional racism

Answer 38

Systemic racism within the legal, education and health systems

Question 39

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....

Answer 39

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

Question 40

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

Answer 40

False

Question 41

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

Answer 41

the ripple effect

Question 42

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

Answer 42

The 1960's

Question 43

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

Answer 43

1967 Referendum

Question 44

A nurse can use silence by....

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

False

Question 46

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

Answer 46

True | based on the institutions perspective

Question 47

Define: Intersex

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Define: Asexual

Answer 48

without sexual feelings or associations

Question 49

Define: Gender Fluidity

Answer 49

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

Question 50

Define: Cisgender

Answer 50

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

Question 51

Define: Sexual Fluidity

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Define: Pansexual

Answer 52

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

Question 53

Define: Heterosexism

Answer 53

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

Question 54

Define: Transphobia

Answer 54

dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people

Question 55

Define: Transgender

Answer 55

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