PSY 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Faith Healing, Acculturation, Germ Theory Of Disease
20 Nov 2017
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Since the 1990s this country has received more immigrants from other countries in larger numbers than ever before. Increasing the culturally diverse makeup of the usa. Immigrant populations create the need for improved culturally competent care. Language barriers and lack of care negatively impact health of these patients. These individuals are less likely to seek care and have more complicated health problems because of it. Conditions or problems that occur in a certain groups - in this case immigrant groups. Learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization. Shared by all the members of the same cultural group. Adapted to speci c conditions related to environmental and technical factors. Identifying the meaning of health to the other person. Being familiar with the language spoken by patients and resources available to help with interpretation. Heritage consistency - degree to which a person"s lifestyle re ects on her traditional heritage.
