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Examples of Heritage Consistency The factors that constitute heritage consistency are listed in Table 2–2. The fol- lowing are examples of each factor: 1. The person’s childhood development occurred in the person’s coun- try of origin or in an immigrant neighborhood in the United States of like ethnic group. The person was raised in a […]

Specific examples of a religious tradition and its influence on health include: 1. Judaism is rich in health-related proscriptions—from diet to activity to human relations and so forth. 2. The Catholic religion forbids abortion. 3. The Jehovah’s Witnesses forbid blood transfusions. 4. The Mormons and Seventh Day Adventists prohibit the use of caf- feine and

Religion The third major component of heritage consistency is religion. The word religion showed 170,000,000 results on February 23, 2012, on the Internet. Again, a random review of the material yielded information that was similar to existing data. One way to understand religion is that it is “the belief in a divine or superhuman power

24 ■ Chapter 2 Indeed, the phenomenon of ethnicity is “complex, ambivalent, paradoxi- cal, and elusive” (Senior, 1965, p. 21). Ethnicity is indicative of the following characteristics a group may share in some combination: 1. Geographic origin 2. Migratory status 3. Race 4. Language and dialect 5. Religious faith or faiths 6. Ties that transcend

Ethnicity The word ethnicity showed 23,600,000 results on February 23, 2012, on the Internet. A random exploration of selected sites did not provide information different from the classical information in the following discussion. Cultural background is a fundamental component of one’s ethnic back- ground. Before we proceed with this discussion, though, we need to define

the degree to which one’s lifestyle reflects his or her respective tribal culture. Heritage Consistency Heritage consistency is a concept developed by Estes and Zitzow (1980, p. 1) to describe “the degree to which one’s lifestyle reflects his or her respective tribal culture.” The theory has been expanded in an attempt to study the degree

. What are the places and icons of your generation and culture? High School in 1958. These are examples of the highlights of my socialization—the places and icons representative of my cultural heritage and history. What are the places and icons of your generation and culture? If you had to choose 4 images to blend

  Cultural Heritage and History Samoans, remember your culture. ■ Objectives 1. Explain the factors that contribute to heritage consistency—culture, ethnicity, religion, and socialization. 2. Explain acculturation themes. 3. Determine and discuss sociocultural events that may influence the life trajectory of a given person. 4. Explain the factors involved in the cultural phenomena affecting health.

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