...April 2015 The Native American Indian with Respect to Healthcare and Religious Practices Carrie Johnson The American Native Indian culture has used alternative medicine and tribal rituals for many centuries. This culture has used natural remedies to treat and cure diseases and aliments within their tribe. The term “Medicine Man” is coined from the Native American Indian tribes. The person who held this title was generally an elder of the tribe. The inflicted person(s) would seek out the elder or “Medicine Man” to treat their sickness. The tribe will use natural substances and tribal rituals as their source for treating diseases and illnesses. A few examples of natural elements are plants and root extracts from their demographic region. Examples of customary rituals could include: chants, dances and prayers. Another unique custom of the tribe is the involvement of the tribe in rituals to treat the sickness of a tribal member. Cultures that exist outside of the tribe may have some difficulty understanding their cultural beliefs and alternative practices, but these practices have been around for centuries. The following are census facts and demographic statistics of the Native American Indian: “Total American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) alone population: 2.9 million or about 0.9 percent of the US population. About 32% of Natives are under the age of 18, compared to only 24% of the total population...
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...A GUIDE TO ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL This matrix has been prepared by a group of Catholics who feel that a systematic comparison of the arguments for and against the reproductive health (RH) bill may still serve some purpose at this juncture. It may help to bring the debate from the emotional temper which has characterized it thus far, to a more rational temper in which both sides attempt to comprehend each other’s perspectives. It is hoped that this presentation will allow each side to view the other’s argumentation as the legitimate offering of reasons in good faith which ought to characterize a democratic process of deliberation. Such a process must be valued equally by all who are committed to living together in a democracy, be they Catholic or non-Catholic, pro- or anti-contraception. Questions in the final column are provided to aid further reflection, with a view to clarifying positions and, perhaps, to building compromises that are morally and politically acceptable to both sides. Eleanor R. Dionisio ISSUE ANTI-RH BILL PRO-RH BILL QUESTIONS I. LEGISLATION OF AN RH-BILL Necessity of RH Bill 1. Overpopulation 1. Overpopulation is not the problem. The problems are government corruption and the unequal distribution of wealth and resources. 1. Managing population growth is not the sole solution to poverty but is part of the solution. Are overpopulation and graft and corruption mutually exclusive issues? Or ought they to be addressed...
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...Faces of Healthcare A cultural group is a self-defined group of people who share a commonality of cultural experience. Cultural groups may be defined by many types of commonality, such as ethnicity, religion, or physical commonality. It is important to take into consideration that culture is not tied simply to ethnicity, but goes way beyond the realm of race. Even within white America, there are numerous cultures. Culture can be broken down as far as the differences between the ages. The studies of health behavior in different cultural groups are and have been very important in today’s society. There are as many cultures in the United States as there are in the world. Cultural diversity in the medical field is, at times, greatly hindered because of religious beliefs, language barriers, and the hierarchies of diverse cultures and these have the propensity to affect the continuity of care for the patients. “More than ever before healthcare professionals are subject to dealing with a number of vast and various cultural diversities”. (Alva) These differences vary in as many ways as there are different ethnic groups in any particular area. Religious beliefs can hinder the nursing care of patients. There are many different religious beliefs in as many different religions. The religious belief most common in the United States, of course, is the Jehovah Witness who refuses transfusions. This religion has a strong belief in preserving the soul before the body. Other religions...
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...very important cash crop. John Smith: Leader of Jamestown Colony in Virginia. First explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay part of the first settlement to the New World. Helped save colony from devastation. Anne Hutchinson: Was a Puritan spiritual adviser and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters. John Rolfe: Was married to Pocahontas and moved to England with her. Most notably established the tobacco industry in the colonies and was killed by Indians upon re-arrival in the new world. Pocahontas: Was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Daughter of Powhatan and married to John Rolfe. John Calvin: Influential Frenchman who helped develop Calvinism, which contained the idea of pre-destination. He Fled to America for religious freedom. Ferdinand Magellan: Portuguese explorer selected by King Charles of Spain who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the earth. He commanded ships. Part II – Identification: Plantation: Usually located in the south....
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...Scarlett October 10, 2013 Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital The expansion of religious hospitals and health systems has a significant impact on access to health services-the scope of services available at religiously affiliated hospitals, health clinics, or HMOs is determined by the dictates and principles of that religion, not by medical guidelines or the needs of the community it serves. Healthcare delivery at Catholic health systems is governed by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services (Directives), a document developed and promulgated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Directives address general principles governing the nature of patient-physician relationships, business relationships between secular and Catholic health facilities, and employer-employee relations. They contain very specific instructions on which reproductive health and end of life services may or may not be provided at a Catholic health facility. As the Washington State Legislature declared, approximately 38 percent of women in Washington are raped in their lifetimes – a rate 20% higher than the national average.17Given these staggering figures, Washington and Oregon have determined that hospitals should provide basic, standard medical care to the girls and women who seek emergency care in these states after a rape. This requirement is standard healthcare; it comports with medical ethics and laws that require informed consent to medical treatment;...
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...Health Care Law and Regulations University of Phoenix Louise Underhahl HCS 545 Health Care Law and Ethics 2012 Health Care Law and Regulations One of the areas that are currently affecting the Health Care industry is Regulatory agencies. There is much dissatisfaction over the current state of healthcare in the U.S. Within all of our organizations, regulatory agency surveys are conducted to better the organizations as well as its employees. The purpose of the regulatory surveys is to focus on the areas that need improvement as well as promoting better health care access to the people in the community. Regulatory agencies serve as authority as well as enforcement to regulate laws from the government. Some examples of regulatory agencies are Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA). There are many examples of laws and regulations that are currently being faced in health care. Analysis of health care laws and regulations help one understand their influences on the provider. There are many ways that laws and regulations affect our lives and community. The FDA is responsible for the oversight of drugs, medical devices, vaccines, blood products and biologics, establishing rules for testing, clinical trials and approval of new products. The AHRQ is a federal agency under Health & Human Services working to improve the quality, effectiveness and safety of health care...
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...effects, some well-known, and others ignored, that are not so positive. Just some examples of these effects are: wars, discrimination, control, the retardation of science, the denial of healthcare, and death. This argument seeks to research and describe some of the negative effects religion has had on mankind, and thus the world. Certainly the most notable negative impact on society is religious wars. A religious war or holy war is a conflict primarily caused or justified by differences in religion. The account of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites in the Book of Joshua; the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries; the Christian Crusades, 11th to 13th centuries; Wars of Religion, 16th and 17th centuries. These are the classic examples, but a religious aspect has been a part of warfare as early as the battles of the Mesopotamian city-states in 700BC. Throughout recorded history, more wars have been waged in the name of religion than any other reason. In the last two centuries alone, we have seen several wars fought over religion in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America. Much of the middle ages were dominated by wars, such as: The Crusades, The Thirty Years War, and the French Wars of Religion. It is estimated that nine hundred million casualties have been caused by religious wars. Discrimination is the unjust or...
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... 2005). Experts are stating that a holistic approach to counseling incorporates both psychological and spiritual assessments (Hodge, 2005). The accrediting body of hospitals, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), recognizes the importance of spiritual assessments and recommends that health care providers conduct these assessments to understand their clients’ religious beliefs and spiritual habits (Hodge, 2005). David Hodge (2005) presents a review of five qualitative assessment tools for effective analysis of a client’s spiritual and cultural wherewithal. The design of these assessment tools gives a more definitive construction of a client’s worldview for the purposes of integrating spiritual beliefs and attitudes in the therapeutic process and discharge planning (Hodge, 2005). Hodge asserts that this form of assessment allows the healthcare professional to explore a client’s “spiritual strengths that might be used to ameliorate problems or cope with difficulties” (Hodge, 2005, para. 1). The five qualitative assessment tools offered by Hodge (2005) provide a detailed description and comparison of each tool, and its usefulness, strengths, and weaknesses. One of the assessment methods, spiritual histories, allows the healthcare profession to explore the client’s spirituality through verbal interaction with the client (Hodge, 2005). The remaining four assessments, spiritual lifemaps, spiritual genograms, spiritual ecomaps, and spiritual ecograms...
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...Incorporating a Christian Worldview: Religion, Psychology, Christian Counseling Introduction: We live in a society where there are constant changes within our healthcare system which impacts every one of our lives. Everyone at some point in their life has been to the hospital, and the experience is often positive or negative based on your reason for going and the people you may encounter. Our healthcare while better than other countries could use some improvement. There are many underserved populations of indigent care patients who have problems with linkage to care for various reasons. Even with the introduction of Obama care unfortunately for all it’s not affordable and there is an unfair imbalance of those who receive care the best care because of lack of coverage and financial resources. I am passionate about the delivery of appropriate healthcare to all individuals. It would be my intent to impact the hospital administration field in such away we are able to ensure equality in the treatment and delivery of care for the patients regardless of socioeconomically class or status. Body: According to my strengths quest results my top five themes were positivity, developer, connectedness, achiever, and being strategic. These strengths can easily be transferred in the Hospital Administrator role. This is a senior level position which is responsible for managing both clinical and non-clinical aspects of hospital management inclusive of financial, personnel and clinical...
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...Heritage Assignment Tool (HAT) is a set of twenty nine questions that examines individual’s cultural, ethnicity and religious views. It can be used to help understand health care settings of people from different backgrounds. Heritage Assignment Tool can be used to understand individual’s sights of health protection, restoration and maintenance. This paper will discuss the three ethnic groups interviewed and their point of views. The three different cultural groups are Europeans, Hispanics and Mine, Asian. This questionnaire has helped to understand the difference between the three races and how they blend into their cultural heritage. Cultural Heritage is “an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Cultural Heritage is often expressed as either Intangible or Tangible Cultural Heritage (ICOMOS, 2002).” United States isn’t just one culture but consists of many cultures in one society or community, thus known as then melting pot. Using HAT allows healthcare professionals to develop cultural competencies, and every cultural beliefs views vary accordingly. Using the health care system on three different ethnical adolescents help understand their different health care tradition. Those participated in HAT questionnaire had married within their ethnic group thus creating a bond within their family and culture and expanding it to the future...
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...Culture Evaluation: A View into Heritage With the United States continuing to grow, both in population and with views on healthcare, so does the need for continuous change and development in Nursing. The changing demographics and economics of a growing multicultural world and the long-standing disparities in the Health status of people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds has challenged health care providers to consider cultural competence as a priority (Capinha-Bacote, 2002). Patients within the hospitals are of every ethnic group and culture, and at times a mix of each. The term melting pot is used to describe the United States, which also has a tight relation to healthcare as well. For nurses, it is vital to maintain a sense of professionalism and unbiased opinions. Within the culture evaluation, a comparison of beliefs about health maintenance, protection, and restoration will be investigated amongst Asian-American, Caucasian, and Hispanic cultures. Cultural Competence Within such an eclectic amount of cultures, keeping cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, and the way culture is encountered maintains the ability to be culturally competent. Cultural awareness is the self examination and in depth exploration of one’s own cultural and professional background (Capinha-Bacote, 2002). Maintaining a sense of empathy and understanding regarding patient’s culture and beliefs assists in the individuals healing process. Cultural knowledge is the process of seeking and...
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...a different way. Different cultures have their own spiritual practices and beliefs which they believe to be sacred. These rituals help in the aspect of healing spirit while modern medicine heals the body. Most cultures have religious practices and some form of prayer. Healing hospitals are a way to help change the cold aseptic hospital environment into a warm and caring environment through a concept of healing both the spirit and the body. There are several factors that go into making a hospital a healing hospital, a spiritual loving environment, advanced technology and medical practices and the physical design of the hospital. The Healing Cultural People tend to think that their way of life and their rituals, are the only way or at least the only true way. With the advent of many cultures immigrating to the United States, there has been an awakening of cultural awareness that helps healthcare professionals work to ensure that the religious or spiritual philosophy of a patient is respected as well as encouraging a more loving and caring environment to help in healing the spirit as well as the body. A Spiritual Loving Environment An environment where there is a loving caring attitude will give patients a feeling that the healthcare professionals caring for them are concerned, not only about the medical aspect of their care, but also about them as a an individual This form of a healing environment is one that has to be supported by the hierarchy in the hospital...
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...appropriate and Culturally Sensitive. Introduction As a registered nurse in the healthcare field, it is extremely important to be well versed and mindful of each and every patient’s cultural background. Nurses encounter people from all walks of life so having the appropriate background knowledge on patients coupled with being sensitive to their beliefs and traditions is paramount to being exceptional in the profession. In order to accomplish this, one needs to develop his/her health care skills to be culturally competent, culturally appropriate and culturally sensitive. Supportive Information The necessity of cultural competence continues to be a topic of discussion. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has even recognized the importance of cultural competencies and its effect on the health care needs of culturally diverse individuals. To reiterate this, with help from local communities, the NIH developed and communicated programs designed to aid awareness to the growing population of minorities. Some examples of these NIH-funded projects include culture and cancer literacy among immigrant women, health intervention efforts for Korean-Americans having high blood pressure and environmental health literacy targeting low-literate groups (NIH.gov). In addition to cultural differences in the healthcare field, language barriers between patients and healthcare professionals have become a common occurrence. Although English is the predominant language...
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...Personal Predjuges and Biases One personal bias I have would be in relationship to some of the beliefs of the Mormons. Although I infrequently come in contact with individuals of this belief, I have had some exposure to them in my work history and have done some reading about their beliefs. In less than 70 years, the number of Mormons has grown from less than a million to more than 6 million in the United States and 14 million worldwide. Their visibility and influence at all levels and walks of life have increased accordingly (Bohlen et al., 2010). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), reflects the cultural impact of basic beliefs and traditions of church members practices and activities. The culture is geographically concentrated in the Western North American area, but is present to a lesser extent in many areas of the world where LDS live. Church members are encouraged to marry and have children, and as a result, LDS families tend to be larger than average. All sexual activity, both heterosexual and homosexual, outside of marriage is considered a serious sin. Same-sex marriages are not performed or supported by the LDS Church. When youth are in their late teens to early twenties they must put everything in their life on pause and go out for 18 to 24 months to spread the gospel. At least a tenth of a Mormon’s income must be given to tithing in order to contribute to the church’s growth. Sunday, the Sabbath...
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...Religious Health Care HSA 300 Health Service Organization Management November 13, 2013 My name is XXX and I work for the consulting firm of Truth or Be Truth. We have been hired by the Middleville Health Care System to identify and evaluate its strategic performance and to evaluate and share issues from the response’s that have been received from several religious leaders in the area. These findings will be shared with the governing board and the CEO. Our firm has one rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the clients’ organization can correct it.” Middleville is a community of 225,000 people. Summary statistics on Religious and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown in Table 1. All of the organizations in the area are not-for-profit. Although Samaritan Hospital and Protestant Hospital have religious origins, they now view themselves as secular, not-for-profit organizations. Table 1: Middleville Health Care Systems Name | Beds | Admissions | Census | OP Visits | Births | Expenses (000) | Personnel | Religious | 575 | 13,000 | 350 | 221,000 | 2300 | $125,000 | 2000 | Samaritan | 380 | 17,000 | 260 | 175,000 | 1200 | $130,000 | 1875 | Protestant | 350 | 10,000 | 180 | 40,000 | 900 | $80,000 | 1200 | There are many important elements for improving the core functions of an organization. We will describe the five (5) most important elements that we feel will benefit Religious Health Care and will produce an effective...
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