Environmental Control
Environmental control is the ability of members of a particular cultural group to plan activities that control nature or direct environmental factors. Included in this concept are the complex systems of traditional health and illness beliefs, the practice of folk medicine, and the use of traditional healers.
Figure 2–7 illustrates how a person, with a unique ethnic, religious, and cultural background, is affected by cultural phenomena. The discussions in
Figure 2–7 Personal health traditions of a unique cultural being.
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Table 2–6 Examples of Etiquette as Related to Selected Cultural Phenomena
Time Visiting Inform person when you are coming Being on time Avoid surprises
Explain your expectations about time Taboo times Ask people from other regions and cultures
what they expect Be familiar with the times and meanings of person’s ethnic and religious holidays