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Do you speak a language other than English? Before you read Unit I, please answer the following questions: 1. Do you speak a language other than English? 2. What is your sociocultural heritage? 3. What major sociocultural events have occurred in your lifetime? 4. What is the demographic profile of the community you grew up […]

Identify and discuss the factors that contribute to heritage consistency :Cultural Foundations Unit I creates the foundation for this book and enables you to become aware of the importance of developing knowledge in the topics of (1) cultural and linguistic competency; (2) cultural heritage and history—both your own and those of other people; (3) diversity—demographic, immigration,

the balance of the person, both within one’s being My metaphors are HEALTH, defined as “the balance of the person, both within one’s being—physical, mental, and spiritual—and in the outside world— natural, communal, and metaphysical”; ILLNESS, “the imbalance of the person, both within one’s being—physical, mental, and spiritual—and in the outside world—natural, communal, and metaphysical”;

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind, 2001 In 1977—more than 35 years ago—I prepared the first edition of Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness. Now, as I begin the eighth edition of this book— the sixth revision—I realize that this is an opportunity to reflect on an endeavor that has filled a good

HEALTH DOMAINS 85 Chapter 5 HEALTH Traditions 89 HEALTH and ILLNESS 91 HEALTH Traditions Model 92 HEALTH Protection 95 Health/HEALTH Care Choices 102 vii viii ■ Contents Folk Medicine 104 Health/HEALTH Care Philosophies 108 Chapter 6 HEALING Traditions 120 HEALING 121 Ancient Forms of HEALING 123 Religion and HEALING 124 HEALING and Today’s Beliefs 136

UNIT I CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS 1 Chapter 1 Building Cultural and Linguistic Competence 3 National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care 8 Cultural Competence 11 Linguistic Competence 11 Institutional Mandates 12 CULTURALCARE 13 Chapter 2 Cultural Heritage and History 19 Heritage Consistency 20 Acculturation Themes 29 Ethnocultural Life Trajectories 32 Commingling Variables

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Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness CULTURALCARE There is something that transcends all of this I am I . . . You are you Yet. I and you Do connect Somehow, sometime. To understand the “cultural” needs Samenesses and differences of people Needs an open being See—Hear—Feel With no judgment or interpretation Reach out Maybe

Name: Concept: Course: Activity: Faculty Facilitator: Date & Time of ELA in MST: Concept Notebook   Please fill in all of the information above. All Concept Notebooks must be completed in your own words. Please do not use any direct quotes. Any time you use a source to help write your narratives or collect information,

what range of motion would you expect? When assessing Tina’s wrist, what range of motion would you expect? Because of her injury, Tina’s right ankle is inflamed. What are the characteristics of inflammation? Self-Reflection Activity Time: 1 min After completing this assessment, what goals can you set for yourself for the next time you complete