Filipino Culture

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Filipino Culture

• Uva Drake-Ivey
• Student ID 3944
• Uld2_at_pegasus.rutgers.edu
• Quiz 3
• Introduction to Computers
• Professor I. Duncan

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Description of Culture

• Philippines consist of 7,107 volcanic islands off
  the Southeast coast of Asia
• Population is about 60 million
• 87 major dialects

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Diversity in Ethnic Groups
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Dietary Practices

• Popular Food
• Lumpia
• Common Food

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Social Organization

• The Filipino social units are the family, groups
  and community life while the structure is the
  lineage, marriage decent, neighborhood, peer
  groups and villages.
• The prefer structured ways of life rather than
  one in which a person can be assertive of
  individuality.
• They are less autonomous and more dependent.
• A Filipino child is encouraged to tell all of his
  thoughts to his parents and submit to his parents
  direction, counsel and advise.
• The family is considered the only source of
  emotional economic and moral support.
• Traditionally sick elders are cared for at home.
• Religious responsibilities are familial rather
  than church centered.

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Health Belief and Practices

• Health is to believed to be a result of
  Timbang which is balance
• Illness is the result of imbalance
• Evil Deeds, Evil Eye, ghosts spirits.
• Religion plays a huge role in how Filipinos
  think about health.

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FOLK MEDICINE

• Is the traditional medicine as practiced by
  nonprofessional healers or embodied local in
  local custom or lore, generally involving the
  use of natural and especially or herbal remedies
  (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
  Language, Third Edition, 1996)

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Examples

• Tea from boiled oregano for cough
• Boiled guava leaves for diarrhea or to cure
  wounds
• Ginger brew helps relieve colds, sore throats,
  asthma, abdominal discomfort.

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Birth Rituals

• Pregnancy
• Prenatal Care
• Prescriptive Beliefs/ practices
• Restrictive beliefs/ practices

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Rituals After Birth

• Breastfeeding
• Gender preferences
• Child Christening
• Circumcision

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Implications For Health Care Providers

• Communication
• Family Involvement
• Diet
• Blood Transfusions

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Symptom Management

• Masakit (Pain)
• Hindi Makaringa (Dyspnea)
• Nasusuka (Nausea/ Vomiting)
• Constipation/ diarrhea
• Pagod (fatigue)
• Lungkot (Depression)

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Death Rituals

• Terminal Illness
• Family
• Spirituality
• Grieving (ipagdalamhati, magdalamhati)
• Gender Roles in Grieving
• Funeral
• Funeral Dressing
• Burial

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