Article

• Spector, R. E. (2002). Cultural diversity in health and illness. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(3), 197-199.
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Although published in 2002, the content of this article has been thoroughly reviewed and it remains current.

Websites:

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Think Cultural Health: Video Units

  Click here to access the videos.

• United States Census Bureau: QuickFacts, United States: People
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Guiding Questions:

Use the question below to help focus your attention on your reading assignments.

• How can an individual’s cultural behaviors and cultural phenomena affect your assessment of their health?
• What are some steps you can take with your patient to respect their cultural beliefs? How can these differ between cultures?
• How can you include the “ASKED” mnemonic in your everyday practice? Is this helpful way to actively enhance your personal cultural competency?
• How can cultural competence have an effect on the clinical outcomes of patients?
• How can certain drugs and treatments affect some cultural groups differently than others?
• What qualities must culturally competent organizations exhibit?

Overview

This week’s learning activities are video case studies on the Department of Health and Human Services Website, https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/resources/videos.

Choose one of the five videos and discuss the following:

1. What is the diverse cultural background of the patient involved? After searching for information related to this culture, how do these individuals perceive health and illness?
2. What is the overarching issue being presented in this video?
3. What can be done to overcome the issue? Do research outside of the video—this information should be from professional, scholarly sources.
4. Choose an example of a time you had to overcome a cultural barrier in your nursing practice. What was the issue? What was the diverse cultural background? What did you do to overcome the issue?

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 6th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download the Microsoft Word APA 6th edition template. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 6th edition book as well before submitting the assignment.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.