...Running head: CULTURE AND HEALTH TRADITIONS Culture and Health Traditions Robyn Prather Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429v Kathryn Kollowa February 04, 2012 Culture and Health Traditions Madeline Leininger is the nurse and anthropologist who first developed the theory of addressing the needs of the whole person within their culture, heritage and traditions. Her book, Transcultural Nursing: Concepts, Theories, and Practice (1978), gave rise to an area of nursing practice that has become known as transcultural care. Nurses continue to develop tools to assess the nature of an individual’s culture, traditions and heritage. The Heritage Assessment Tool, developed by Rachel Spector (2000, figure 6-1), identifies language preference, family dynamic, religious practices, educational background, and social standing. The information gathered from the heritage assessment combined with further dialog will allow the nurse to implement an indivualized, culturally competent plan of care. The heritage assessment tool was utilized as part of a series of interviews comparing the health traditions of subjects from three different cultures. The focus of the interview was health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Subject one is a 46 year old Hispanic female. Her paternal great-grandmother was born in a small village in Spain. Her maternal great-grand father’s was born in Mexico. It is interesting to note that...
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...FAMILY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS Name: Institutions: Professor: Date of submission: In our family, there are several cultures and traditions that play a very important role in defining our family values and cultures. These traditions and cultures have been passed to our parents from our grandparents. The two most vivid cultural patterns that are present in our family have been inherited by our parents from the blending of the culture from my maternal grandparents and my fraternal grandparents. The cultural patterns Every Sunday, our father always prepares supper for the family and he makes sure that we eat together as one family. This tradition has been there in our family for a long period and helps us to bond together as a family unit. Every night on the eve of my birthday or that of my siblings, our parents usually sneaks into our bed room and fills it with balloons which are stuffed with money and toys. My father usually writes several bunches of poems and leaves the written poems on our table. When we wake up in the morning, our mother usually prepares for us a birthday morning cake which we enjoy together as a family as we read the bunch of poems. Different roles in upholding the traditions During our Sunday’s family dinner/supper, my parents dwells on teaching us on the way forward in regards to behaviour and especially the use of courteous words such as ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. They discourage...
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...The Gamer Group | Martial Traditions and Culture | How war defines a people. | By way of Introduction People and their culture can very accurately be identified by how they wage war. Every culture that has survived the pages of history has had some sort of military tradition—and no two cultures fight their wars in the same way. In this paper, we hope to explore some well known countries and how their martial traditions describe their culture. Great Britain The first country that comes to mind when we think of sophistication is Britain, with their rules of engagement and their ways of acting as if to say “I’m better than you.” They resemble snobbish aristocrats with their pinkies in the air when they drink tea, or only marry other people of substantial worth. But their actions of sophistication extend beyond their everyday day lives and proceed into their ways of battle and fighting wars. When a man is offended by another man, or feels threatened, it was customary to approach that man, and openly challenge him to a duel that would most often lead to the other man’s death. These duels were scheduled, place and time where established, and honor was defended, rather than simply striking the man down where he stood. Soldiers during war would stand in open fields opposite their opponent and the two would take turns firing on one another rather than the obvious tactics of hiding from the enemy and at least seeking shelter. But this was the sophisticated way of doing things...
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...Differences in Health Traditions and Cultures Growing diversity in the United States is veracity in the 21st century. Undeniable proof on poor quality of health care provided to ethnic and racial minorities of all ages, compared to non-minorities, were provided by The Institute of Medicine. Attempts to remove health inequalities rising from differences in culture should concentrate on creating patient-clinician reliance relationships, knowing the cultural surrounding conditions of health responses and humanizing one’s consideration to cultural differences in association with the administrative process and preferences in health care (Schmidt, 2012). Discussing the usefulness of applying a heritage evaluation in assessing the requirements of the whole person is helpful in looking at one’s roots and hereditary. The prominent sociable society in the world has raised worry on modified attention in health care. The cultural surroundings of an organization or society have extensive result on management and power of health care issues, which is necessary. The rise in public responsiveness to the support of firm health and disease anticipation has encouraged the formation of method that makes it easier for professionals in healthcare to know the people in their care. Implementing Heritage Assessment tool is one of the mechanisms to get back the attributes of a person before administrating health involvement (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). As a person from Indian background...
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...Different Cultures and Their Health Traditions The Heritage Assessment Tool is a valuable tool that can be used by health care professionals to help them become aware of the client’s ethnic, religious and cultural background in relation to their views on health, illness and diseases. As defined by Winkelman, culture, is an element of ethnicity, consists of shared patterns of values and behaviors that characterize a particular group (as cited in Edelman & Mandle, 2010, p.32) Assessing these culturally diverse individuals and being aware of traditional health practices will improve the quality of care given to them. In this paper the writer will discuss the Hispanic, Haitian, and Filipino cultural backgrounds and how their heritage, as well as what their beliefs and values, affect their views on heath maintenance, protection, and restoration. Heritage Assessment Usefulness In assessing one’s heritage, cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds and preferences, and how it may directly relate to the person’s views on health and illness, the healthcare professional will be able to understand the individual as a whole and be able to tend to their needs better rather than just focusing on the illness itself. Being culturally competent means providing health care based on the understanding of the total context of the client’s complex situation through knowledge, attitude, and skills (CGU, 2011). The heritage assessment tool provides a good basis for the patient and health care professional...
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...The Differences in Health Traditions between Cultures Each individual has an exclusively cultural heritage attachment that is comprised of a lot of different customs and values. It is almost impossible for anyone or group of people to live everyday by not practicing according to their beliefs or cultural background. Being born to a person depending on whom they are or where they live means so much in some cultures. For example, I was born into a family where my parents were both educated and good practicing Catholics. This automatically puts me in a middle class family or made my statues a little higher than so many people whose parents are not educated. I consider myself fortunate and that is mostly why I am always humble in life. I was born in the eastern part of Nigeria; the westerners and the northerners make up the rest of the population. Nigeria is the largest country in West Africa; most of the people are farmers and could not afford to go to college and at least get a formal education. In my culture, not many people could afford to go to a hospital for health reasons. Instead, more people rely heavily on herbal medicine, which is part of our tradition. Some people use modern medicine depending on what their families could afford. Growing up in the mist of both traditions, I have learned to practice not only one but two of them respectively. I believe that one’s heritage or culture is a practice no one can afford to forget because it is embedded into our lives. Living...
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...MILITARY LEADERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN MILITARY TRADITION, AMERICAN CULTURE, AMERICAN WAY OF WAR, AND THE EXHIBITING OF CHRISTIAN VALUES ***** ******* HIUS 380– Spring B02 March 11, 2016 The United States of America has exemplary Divisions of Armed Forces where many outstanding members have stood courageous and resilient in their service to this country and the protection of others. General John J. Pershing, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General Matthew B. Ridgway are three of the military leaders which this paper will depict and associate while expounding upon the way each contributed to the American Military Tradition. Continuing in how these individuals were or were not representative of an American culture or an American Way of War as interpreted in this course of study. Also, an opinion will be offered regarding such persons as to whether or not each was an appropriate Christian role model. No matter the similitudes or dissimilarities of the individuals each will prove to be distinguished and accomplished in their innovative and outstanding leadership and service to this country. Military Tradition in the United States of America is a frequent reference to relationship and affiliation through the ancestral line of a serviceman and an individual’s advancements and accomplishments as soldiers. American Military Tradition will endeavor itself to change as new technologies and ideologies transpire. The reflection of change or enhancement will reveal through...
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...When one assimilates into a new culture, they are often conflicted because they are put into a setting that they are not accustomed to. People who are put into a new environment often want to feel like they are a part of the new culture and not feel alienated. By letting go of some of the old traditions and culture, they are allowing themselves to experience and adapt to a new environment. Even though parts of the old culture are lost, a new cultural experience is being created which helps widens their perspective. Although things like language and cultural traditions are lost, assimilating allows for people to gain a new way of understanding the world around them as well as create new traditions. Assimilating allows for a person to experience new things that they otherwise wouldn’t have if they didn’t. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Ashima and Ashoke are exposed to the American life and it changes their view of how different their life is in their Bengali culture compared to the American culture. The change takes on a bigger toll for Ashima as she has to live in a life that she is unprepared for. When Ashima gives birth to Gogol, she realizes how difficult it would be for her to raise her son in an environment that is completely foreign to her. Although she still tries to get accustomed to the new culture, she often finds ways to preserve some of her old Bengali traditions such as when she and Ashoke are deciding a name for Gogol or when they celebrate Gogol’s annaprasan....
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...Whale Rider Themes In the film the Whale Rider, the once complimentary narratives that governed the Maori culture: Gender, Identity, and Traditions are competing against one another. The fundamental elements of these narrative has stayed unchanged; However, some characters are interpreting these liturgies to their own personal narratives, causing conflict within the Maori Culture. Synopsis of film During a time of modernization, poverty, and the decentralization of the role the Maori culture play in the people lives, one local leader (Koro) looked upon Hope in a form of a prophet. According to the Maori's traditions, the ancient ancestor Paikea descendants: the eldest son are the rightful tribe leader and will centralize the community again...
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...Culture Paper A definition of culture is the total of knowledge, beliefs, experiences, values, attitudes, religion, hierarchies, objects and possessions obtained by a group of people through generations. Elements of culture include language, symbols, values, norms, laws, and beliefs. Culture can also by the “totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought” (Culture, 2010, pg. 5) Culture of Spain Spain’s culture includes the personal beliefs of religion, the practices of the society, and the attitudes of the people. The Spanish culture has made adjustments to meet the demands of the international and the way of doing business in Europe, but retains much of its older, more comfortable traditions as well. Spain is relatively consistent in its population ethnicity, unlike Germany in which one must bear a German family name to be a citizen. Spain’s ethnicity varies in itself because the different regions within the country. The influence of the Moors from centuries ago still plays a part in the architecture and beliefs of some people. Spain embraces its art and architecture that consists of aqueducts, castles, historic churches, and housing. The largest cities, such as Barcelona, still maintain buildings that are both traditional in style and features. The cities also maintain their small and narrow streets. Various Elements of the Spanish Culture Spain has a rich linguistic heritage. Spain...
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...Culture and Communication of the USMC Jonathan Hilliard COM/530 August 22, 2011 Tonya Boddie Culture and Communication of the USMC The culture of the United States Marine Corps and what sets it apart from other branches of the United States Armed Forces derives from the traditions and symbols associated with it. According to USMC (2011), “Traditions are the beliefs, events, and customs that bond all Marines. The symbols are icons that represent Marine Corps values” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The Marine Corps use these elements to develop and mold recruits into the fighting force that has served the United States so bravely since 1775. Traditions/Symbols The traditions of the Marine Corps that espouse their values are: “First to Fight, Core Values, Semper Fidelis, The Oath, Music, and Silent Drill platoon” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The symbols used to represent their values are: “Eagle Globe and Anchor, Dress Blues, The Sword, and Marine Corps Flag” (Culture: Traditions & Symbols, para. 1). The Marine Corps leverage their traditions and symbols to socialize recruits by instilling the values necessary to be a successful Marine. The formal nature and style in which the command structure communicates them is vital, in that the training regimen divests the recruit of his individual desires and sets the goal of his unit and the Marine Corps above his own. Following is a description of the primary symbol and some...
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...Beliefs and customs Sociology Beliefs and Customs Culture is a set of values and beliefs, norms and customs,and rules and codes that socialla defines group of people, binds them to one another,and gives a sense of commonality(Trenholm & Jenson, 2000). A system of shared beliefs, values,customs/rituals, behaviors and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning (Hall, 2002) There are many characteristics of Culture it is learned and transmitted. It is also shared and involves perception and interpretation. Culture is always subject to be changed and expressed as a behavior. Culture affects our identity. (Khanna ICS/SPCH 7). People whose cultural frameworks are different and important enough to create dissimilar interpretations. They are also expectations, of what behaviors should be used to create shared meaning. Microcultures are a collective with a conscious identity and grouping existing within a larger culture. There are many types of microcultures like social identification (voluntary and involuntary) they are marked by social class, education, age occupation, religion, geography, wealth, and gender. That is why some beliefs and customs are important to people. There is also heritage it is involving common origins, such as race and family. There is also communication which is the management of messages for the purpose of creating...
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... Every person has a cultural heritage and their views are different too. Different cultures have different values and beliefs of health, disease and treatment. By knowing these cultural competencies we can provide a holistic approach care to their health. This tool helps both the patient and the health care provider by opening a pathway for an effective communication of one’s own values and beliefs, in regards to health and illness. Culture is an inherited quality and it includes beliefs, knowledge and custom. The basic role of cultural heritage is bringing people together and respects the cultural diversities. The tool helps to understand heritage assessment of a person according to how deeply he answered the question. Interview of Three Different Families Knowledge about traditional culture makes people aware about their health maintenance, protection and restoration of the health. The main purpose of this study is to compare the differences of Indian, Hispanic and Kenyan heritage and health tradition. While comparing the differences in health tradition between three families, we can see there were some differences and similarities in each culture. For example I am from India it belongs to Asian culture; India is a land of diverse culture. In the case of treatment we used to give more importance to Ayurveda, yoga, Unani, Siddha, and homeopathy. Allopathic were very rare in our tradition. Curanderismo is a...
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...Corporate Culture in the Military Corporate culture is comparable to one's family. Each corporation has its own way of doing business that separates itself from the competition. Each branch of the military has its own traditions and culture. The military can be broken down further to the missions it accomplishes. Each unit within the military will operate under the same guiding principles, that separates them is their unique culture within itself. According to McNamara (2000) understanding of culture, corporate culture can be looked at a system of values and processes that are based on assumptions, values and norms, that will have an output effect on the organizational behavior. The military adopts a concept where its employees start from...
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...Values A value is a belief, a mission, or an idea that is speaking. Whether we are intentionally alert of them or not, every individual has a basic set of personal values. Values can range from the everyday, such as the belief in hard work and punctuality, to the more emotional, such as self-trust, concern for others, and agreement of purpose. Most of us learned our values - or morals, if you prefer - at home, at mosque or, at school. But, where are our children learning their values? Maybe from parents, teachers and religious leaders, but society has changed. Too often young people today are most influenced by what they see and hear on television or on the street. Personal Values When we examine the lives of famous people, we often see how personal values lead them, pushing them to the top of their fields. For example, one actor was motivated by his commitment to social justice, which led to important acting roles related to that value that made him world famous. Likewise, a well-known business CEO was motivated by the personal value that technology should be easy to use, which caused his company to issue a technology revolution. Whatever one's values, when we take them to heart and implement them in the smallest details of our lives, great accomplishment and success are sure to follow. MORAL VALUES Moral values, such as honesty, responsibility, justice, are originally inborn values which Allâh planted in the hearts of mankind; then He sent His messengers with a system...
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