Health Promotion in Context of Culture Casey Chamberlin,Jameelah Harris Andreea Molcut,Umair Athar Source: Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations. R. Huff and M. Kline. 1999

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Health Promotion in Context of CultureCasey
Chamberlin,Jameelah HarrisAndreea Molcut,Umair
AtharSource Promoting Health in Multicultural
Populations. R. Huff and M. Kline. 1999
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Learning Objectives

• Distinguish between health promotion and health
  education
• Provide definitions of key terms
• Examine implication and impact of cultural
  barriers in promotion and education
• Provide ways to break cultural barriers to health
  care

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Definitions of key terms

• Health promotion- any planned combination of
  educational, political, regulatory, and
  organizational supports for actions and
  conditions of living conductive to health of
  individuals, groups, or communities
• Health education- any planned combination of
  learning experiences designed to predispose,
  enable, and reinforce voluntary behavior
  conductive to health of individuals, groups or
  communities

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Whats your definition?

• Culture
• Ethnicity
• Race
• Acculturation
• -how do you assess this?
• Assimilation
• Cultural competence

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Rate your cultural competence

• Cultural awareness
• sensitivity
• Cultural knowledge
• understanding
• Cultural skill
• assessment
• Cultural encounter
• relating

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Characterizing Barriers-Patient

• Demographic Barrier
• Age
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Language spoken
• Religion
• Educational level/literacy
• Occupation/ finances
• Transportation
• Generation in the USA

• Cultural Barrier
• Age
• Gender/family dynamics
• Worldview
• Time orientation
• Language spoken
• Religious beliefs and practices
• Social customs, values, norms
• Traditional health beliefs and practices
• Dietary practices
• Communication patterns and customs

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Characterizing Barriers- Patient

• Health Care System
• Insurance/Financial resources
• Orientation to preventative health services
• Perception of need for health care services
• Ignorance/distrust of Western medical practices
• Poor doctor-patient communications
• Lack of bilingual/bicultural staff

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Strategies to overcome barriers

• Improve your cultural competence and skills
• Asking patients questions about their culture
• Education of patients through designing and
  employing materials relevelant and culturally
  appropriate to target group
• Diversifying medical staff

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Final Words

• Melting pot vs. salad bowl

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Questions or Comments?
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References

• Robert M. Huff and Michael V. Kline, Health
  Promotion