Models for Health and Wellness HW 215

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Models for Health and WellnessHW 215

• Unit 2
• Multicultural and Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
  on Health and Wellness
• J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D.
• Kaplan University
• School of Health Sciences

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Agenda

• Housekeeping
• Culture Quiz
• Word Association
• Discussion Seminar Questions
• Wrap up

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Housekeeping

• Assignments must meet the length requirements
• Papers should be typed in 12-point font
• References and citations must be provided for all
  information gathered from other sources
• Please use the spell check feature in Word
• Format for references and citations is available
  in the Kaplan Writing Center
• All assignments are graded based on the rubric
  found in the syllabus

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Housekeeping
Wikipedia

• Free Encyclopedia
• Anyone can edit
• Content can not be
• verified at any given moment

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Housekeeping

• Weekly Discussion Board
• To receive full credit, you must
• Make your initial post by Saturday
• Post two (2) responses to your classmates posts

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Housekeeping

• Seminar
• If you choose the Live Seminar (Option 1), your
  grade depends on
• Attendance
• Substantive Participation
• Frequent interactions on concepts being discussed
  by students and instructor
• Posts are on topic and contribute to the quality
  of the seminar
• Student arrives on time and stays the entire
  seminar

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Seminar Focus

• Examining the significance and influences of a
  multi-cultural perspective on the delivery of
  health and wellness services to clients.
• Kaplan University, 2008

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Culture Quiz

• Name the country of origin of
• Chile con Carne

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Culture Quiz

• Where do they cook with
• Spiders?

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Culture Quiz

• Identify this language
• Pon monor

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Culture Quiz

• What is this?
• Ciopino
• And where does it come from?

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Culture Quiz

• Chile con Carne is a spanish-style dish that
  was created in the Southwest United States.
• Spiders are frying pans with legs used in the
  United States.
• Pon monor is Appalachian English.
• Ciopino is a seafood stew that was created in San
  Francisco.

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Word Association
Adaptation
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Word Association

• Adaptation Designates a modification,
  adjustment, or change in the way one thinks of
  and approaches a topic.

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Word Association
Culture
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Word Association

• Culture Customs, ways of life, traditions, and
  mores of particular social groups.

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Word Association
Context
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Word Association

• Context The framework, the setting, or the
  environment related to a topic. For example, the
  cultural context in health and wellness is the
  social environment that influences ones
  understanding of health, healing, illness, etc.

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Word Association
Global Health
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Word Association

• Global Health A viewpoint of health that
  extends beyond political, geographical, and
  cultural boundaries.

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Word Association
Holistic
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Word Association

• Holistic To focus on the whole instead of
  compartmentalizing or viewing a theory, topic, or
  subject (or person) as composed of separate
  parts.

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Word Association
Immersion
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Word Association

• Immersion Education A method of language or
  experience-based teaching that involves being
  completely engaged in concentrated studies.

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Word Association
Multi-Cultural
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Word Association

• Multi-cultural relates to the understanding of
  health is a term describing many cultures
  coexisting in a specified area without any one
  culture dominating health attitudes, concepts,
  and/or practices.

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Word Association
Liberal Multi-Culturalism
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Word Association

• Liberal Multi-Culturalism embracing the concept
  that various cultures relate to and interact with
  one another without regard to power hierarchies
  acknowledging ethnic variety and practicing
  tolerance without regard for external or internal
  influences. For example, if one adopts a global
  understanding of health, healing and wellness
  without regard for societal differences within
  each of the various cultures, one is adopting a
  liberal view of multi-culturalism.

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Word Association
Critical Multi-Culturalism
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Word Association

• Critical Multi-Culturalism concerned with
  majorities and minorities and the existence
  of inequity within societies based on power and
  hierarchy. For example, recognizing that a
  comprehensive understanding of health, healing
  and wellness includes societal differences based
  on majorities and minorities power and
  hierarchies. Therefore, institutions and societal
  practices may differ based on more than ethnic
  variety alone.

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Word Association
Multi-Disciplinary
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Word Association

• Multi-Disciplinary studying or using several
  specialized subjects or skills.

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Seminar Focus

• Examining the significance and influences of a
  multi-cultural perspective on the delivery of
  health and wellness services to clients.
• Kaplan University, 2008

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Seminar Focus

• Virtual Fieldtrip to Panama
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vUiKdrK399Ko

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Seminar Question

• What do you need to know about the verbal
  communication practices of Panamanians in order
  not to violate social taboos?

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Seminar Question

• As a health and wellness professional working in
  Panama, part of your cultural immersion
  experience require you to attend a religious
  service. Which type of service would you want to
  attend? Why?

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Seminar Question

• What role does religious affiliation play in the
  lives of Panamanians and how does this affect
  health practices?

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Wrap Up

• Unit 2 Quiz
• 55 minutes
• You may take the quiz only once
• 7 questions
• Matching, True/False, and Multiple Choice
• Covers issues related to cultural and health

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Wrap Up

• Questions?
• I will remain online to answer questions related
  to tonights seminar.
• Other questions
• Email Instructor jaguilar_at_kaplan.edu