Transcript Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity
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Culture, Ethnicity, and Race
• Health care workers are
involved with many
different people
• Respect individuality
• Be aware of factors that
cause each person to
be unique
• Influence is
cultural/ethnic heritage
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Culture
• Values, beliefs, attitudes,
language, symbols,
rituals, behaviors, and
customs unique to a
particular group of
people
• Passed from one
generation to next
• Often defined set of
rules
• Foundation of behavior,
but variances
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Culture
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Culture is learned
Culture is shared
Social in nature
Dynamic and
constantly
changing
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Ethnicity
• Classification of people
based on national origin
and/or culture
• Share common
heritage, geographic
location, national origin,
social customs,
language, and beliefs
• Common ethnic groups
• Subgroups within larger
ethnic groups
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Race
• Based on physical or
biological factors
– Color of skin, hair,
and eyes
– Facial features
– Blood types
– Bone structure
– Race cuts across
multiple ethnic and
cultural groups
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Cultural Diversity
• Differences among people
resulting from cultural, ethnic,
and racial factors
• These differences influence a
person’s behavior
• Differences exist within
ethnic/cultural groups
• United States called a “melting
pot,” or is it more accurately a
“salad bowl?”
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Acculturation
• Process of learning the
beliefs and behaviors of
a dominant culture and
assuming some of the
characteristics
– Every individual has
unique blend of
characteristics
– Need to develop
sensitivity to differences
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Bias, Prejudice, and Stereotyping
• Bias: belief that prevents impartial
judgment
• Prejudice: strong feelings or beliefs about
a person or subject; pre-judging others
without reviewing facts or information;
often based on fear
• Stereotyping: making the assumption that
everyone in a group is the same
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Bias, Prejudice, and Stereotyping
• Creates barriers to
relationships
• Health care
workers need to
avoid feelings and
assumptions
• Ways to avoid bias,
prejudice, and
stereotyping
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Understanding Cultural Diversity
• Cultural and ethnic
beliefs will affect
behavior
• Health care worker
needs to be aware of
these beliefs to meet
the physical, social,
emotional, and mental
needs of individuals
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Understanding Cultural Diversity
• Family organization
– Nuclear
– Extended
– Patriarchal versus
matriarchal
– Recognition and
acceptance of family
organization is essential
in all aspects of the
health care field
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Understanding Cultural Diversity
• Language
• Personal space and
touch
• Eye contact
• Gestures
• Health care beliefs (See
Table 9-1 in text)
• Spirituality and religion
(See Table 9-2 in text)
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Respect Cultural Diversity
• Regard each individual
as unique
• Everyone adopts beliefs
and forms a pattern of
behavior based on
culture, ethnicity, race,
life experiences,
spirituality, and religion
• Health care workers
must learn to respect
differences in
individuals
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