Cultural Aspects of Health

1. Cultural Aspects of Health Dianne McAdams-Jones M.Ed. RN

2. Health Care Can Be Culturally Sensitive • Consider the client’s cultural and linguistic needs • Being culturally sensitive avoids discriminatory treatment among diverse populations

3. Some Beautiful Place In The British Isles • Calming Waters

4. People to People President Dwight D. Eisenhower believed that ordinary citizens of different nations, if able to communicate directly, would solve their differences and find a way to live in peace. In 1956, he put those beliefs into action and created People to People Ambassador Programs

5. PTP • British Isles

6. President Dwight David Eisenhower

8. People to People • “I have long believed, as have many before me, that peaceful relations between nations require mutual respect between individuals.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower

9. Leininger (1950) • Transcultural nursing is a theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality developed by Leininger (1950) • The process by which the nurse becomes respectful, appreciative, and sensitive to the values, beliefs, lifeways, practices and problem-solving strategies of a client’s culture (Campinha-Bacote, 2001)

10. Other Cultures • People To People

11. Ethnocentrism This is a term assigned to the judgment of others using one’s own cultural beliefs as the standard, which can result in stereotyping and bias (Leininger 1950)

12. Understanding Others • Learn other cultures

13. Home Stay Family • Home Stay Mom

14. How Does The Nurse Manage The Cultural Needs of Clients? • Ask questions • Observe the client • Interview the Client • Participate in client’s cultural activities • Develop a care plan that is culturally competent

15. Home stay family

16. Special Considerations • Selected cultural groups must be assessed based on cultural identity of traits, such as: • Disability • Poverty • Sexual orientation

17. What Are My Feelings • Regarding Gay vs Straight? Can I provide the same level of expert care on their behalf • Will my personal convictions interfere with good care?

18. “Challenges” come in all shapes and animals • Adults are handicapped

19. Children are challenged • Is it easier to be kind to children?

20. Animals are challenged • Is it easier to be kind to handicapped animals?

21. Be A Culturally Sensitive Nurse • People to People • Understanding others through learning about their culture • Understanding others through learning about their lifestyles • We must be ready to set aside our differences, and values when faced with a conflict in belief systems

22. Random People of Culture

24. No sense in pulling your hair out • Be patient with other’s and their differences • Share your culture as often as the opportunity arises

25. More Random Peopleof Culture