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Title: Health Promotion in Context of Culture Casey Chamberlin,Jameelah Harris Andreea Molcut,Umair Athar Source: Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations. R. Huff and M. Kline. 1999


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Health Promotion in Context of CultureCasey
Chamberlin,Jameelah HarrisAndreea Molcut,Umair
AtharSource Promoting Health in Multicultural
Populations. R. Huff and M. Kline. 1999
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Learning Objectives
  • Distinguish between health promotion and health
    education
  • Provide definitions of key terms
  • Examine implication and impact of cultural
    barriers in promotion and education
  • Provide ways to break cultural barriers to health
    care

3
Definitions of key terms
  • Health promotion- any planned combination of
    educational, political, regulatory, and
    organizational supports for actions and
    conditions of living conductive to health of
    individuals, groups, or communities
  • Health education- any planned combination of
    learning experiences designed to predispose,
    enable, and reinforce voluntary behavior
    conductive to health of individuals, groups or
    communities

4
Whats your definition?
  • Culture
  • Ethnicity
  • Race
  • Acculturation
  • -how do you assess this?
  • Assimilation
  • Cultural competence

5
Rate your cultural competence
  • Cultural awareness
  • sensitivity
  • Cultural knowledge
  • understanding
  • Cultural skill
  • assessment
  • Cultural encounter
  • relating

6
Characterizing Barriers-Patient
  • Demographic Barrier
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Language spoken
  • Religion
  • Educational level/literacy
  • Occupation/ finances
  • Transportation
  • Generation in the USA
  • Cultural Barrier
  • Age
  • Gender/family dynamics
  • Worldview
  • Time orientation
  • Language spoken
  • Religious beliefs and practices
  • Social customs, values, norms
  • Traditional health beliefs and practices
  • Dietary practices
  • Communication patterns and customs

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Characterizing Barriers- Patient
  • Health Care System
  • Insurance/Financial resources
  • Orientation to preventative health services
  • Perception of need for health care services
  • Ignorance/distrust of Western medical practices
  • Poor doctor-patient communications
  • Lack of bilingual/bicultural staff

8
Strategies to overcome barriers
  • Improve your cultural competence and skills
  • Asking patients questions about their culture
  • Education of patients through designing and
    employing materials relevelant and culturally
    appropriate to target group
  • Diversifying medical staff

9
Final Words
  • Melting pot vs. salad bowl

10
Questions or Comments?
11
References
  • Robert M. Huff and Michael V. Kline, Health
    Promotion
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