Models for Health and Wellness HW 215

1. Models for Health and WellnessHW 215 Unit 2 Multicultural and Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Health and Wellness J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D. Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

2. Agenda • Housekeeping • Culture Quiz • Word Association • Discussion: Seminar Questions • Wrap up

3. Housekeeping • Assignments must meet the length requirements • Papers should be typed in 12-point font • References and citations must be provided for all information gathered from other sources • Please use the spell check feature in Word • Format for references and citations is available in the Kaplan Writing Center • All assignments are graded based on the rubric found in the syllabus

4. Housekeeping Wikipedia • “Free Encyclopedia” • “Anyone can edit” • Content can not be • verified at any given moment

5. Housekeeping • Weekly Discussion Board • To receive full credit, you must: • Make your initial post by Saturday • Post two (2) responses to your classmates’ posts

6. Housekeeping • Seminar • If you choose the Live Seminar (Option 1), your grade depends on • Attendance • Substantive Participation • Frequent interactions on concepts being discussed by students and instructor • Posts are on topic and contribute to the quality of the seminar • Student arrives on time and stays the entire seminar

7. Seminar Focus • Examining the significance and influences of a multi-cultural perspective on the delivery of health and wellness services to clients. • Kaplan University, 2008

8. Culture Quiz • Name the country of origin of • Chile con Carne

9. Culture Quiz • Where do they cook with • Spiders?

10. Culture Quiz • Identify this language: • Pon m’onor

11. Culture Quiz • What is this? • Ciopino • And where does it come from?

12. Culture Quiz • Chile con Carne is a “spanish-style” dish that was created in the Southwest United States. • Spiders are frying pans with legs used in the United States. • “Pon m’onor” is Appalachian English. • Ciopino is a seafood stew that was created in San Francisco.

13. Word Association Adaptation

14. Word Association • Adaptation: Designates a modification, adjustment, or change in the way one thinks of and approaches a topic.

15. Word Association Culture

16. Word Association • Culture: Customs, ways of life, traditions, and mores of particular social groups.

17. Word Association Context

18. Word Association • Context: The framework, the setting, or the environment related to a topic. For example, the cultural context in health and wellness is the social environment that influences one’s understanding of health, healing, illness, etc.

19. Word Association Global Health

20. Word Association • Global Health: A viewpoint of health that extends beyond political, geographical, and cultural boundaries.

21. Word Association Holistic

22. Word Association • Holistic: To focus on the whole instead of compartmentalizing or viewing a theory, topic, or subject (or person) as composed of separate parts.

23. Word Association Immersion

24. Word Association • Immersion: Education; A method of language or experience-based teaching that involves being completely engaged in concentrated studies.

25. Word Association Multi-Cultural

26. Word Association • Multi-cultural: relates to the understanding of health is a term describing many cultures coexisting in a specified area without any one culture dominating health attitudes, concepts, and/or practices.

27. Word Association Liberal Multi-Culturalism

28. Word Association • Liberal Multi-Culturalism: embracing the concept that various cultures relate to and interact with one another without regard to power hierarchies; acknowledging ethnic variety and practicing tolerance without regard for external or internal influences. For example, if one adopts a global understanding of health, healing and wellness without regard for societal differences within each of the various cultures, one is adopting a liberal view of multi-culturalism.

29. Word Association Critical Multi-Culturalism

30. Word Association • Critical Multi-Culturalism: concerned with ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ and the existence of inequity within societies based on power and hierarchy. For example, recognizing that a comprehensive understanding of health, healing and wellness includes societal differences based on ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ ‘power’ and hierarchies. Therefore, institutions and societal practices may differ based on more than ethnic variety alone.

31. Word Association Multi-Disciplinary

32. Word Association • Multi-Disciplinary: studying or using several specialized subjects or skills.

33. Seminar Focus • Examining the significance and influences of a multi-cultural perspective on the delivery of health and wellness services to clients. • Kaplan University, 2008

34. Seminar Focus • Virtual Fieldtrip to Panama: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKdrK399Ko

35. Seminar Question • What do you need to know about the verbal communication practices of Panamanians in order not to violate social taboos?

36. Seminar Question • As a health and wellness professional working in Panama, part of your cultural immersion experience require you to attend a religious service. Which type of service would you want to attend? Why?

37. Seminar Question • What role does religious affiliation play in the lives of Panamanians and how does this affect health practices?

38. Wrap Up • Unit 2 Quiz • 55 minutes • You may take the quiz only once • 7 questions • Matching, True/False, and Multiple Choice • Covers issues related to cultural and health

39. Wrap Up • Questions? • I will remain online to answer questions related to tonight’s seminar. • Other questions: • Email Instructor: jaguilar@kaplan.edu