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3 components of healing system - Answer -Folk Healing
Self Care
Professional Care Systems
3 dimensions of Cultural Competency - Answer -building relationship
working outside the usual framework
reinventing practice in action
active listening - Answer -conscious, empathetic, non judgemental
Providing the speaker with feedback that indicates the message is being received and is understood.
Aculturation - Answer -process of adapting to and acquiring another culture
adopting new cultural traits while maintaining some of the former ones
Acupressure - Answer -a massage that applies pressure to specific acupuncture-like points n the
body; pressure enourages the flow of vital energy (qi) along the meridian pathways. It is used to control
chronic pain, migraine headaches, and backaches.
Acupuncture - Answer -a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or
tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional
conditions. Originating in ancient China, acupuncture is now widely practiced in the West.
manipulates life energy by stimulating precisely mapped points on skin surface
Advanced Directives - Answer -- a way for people to ensure that the treatment and care matches
their wishes when they become incapacitated
Allopathy - Answer -medical practice that tries to combat disease through modern or conventional
means (ex. drugs, surgery).
Alternative Medicine - Answer -health care practices and products used in place of conventional
medicine
therapy
,same as complementary therapies but they become the primary treatment.
American Indians/Alaska Natives - Answer -heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries
(accidents), diabetes, and stroke.
mental health and suicide, obesity, substance abuse, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), teenage
pregnancy, liver disease, and hepatitis
Arab Americans - Answer -Arab Americans suffer from chronic health problems such as diabetes
and coronary artery disease. Several factors place Arab Americans at high risk for developing adult-onset
diabetes and cardiovascular disease including obesity, age, gender, and low employment rates.
mental health and the role of acculturation
tobacco consumption
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders - Answer -Some Asian American immigrants have carried
diseases from their home countries, and they may now experience new diseases because of their new
lifestyle and living conditions. However, AAPIs are more likely to be healthier than Whites and other
ethnic groups. Asian American women have the highest life expectancy (85.8 years) among all ethnic
groups in the United States
Cancer, heart disease, stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes are the top five leading causes of
death among AAPIs
high prevalence and risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B, human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), smoking, tuberculosis, and
liver disease
ASKED - Answer -Awareness: being aware
Skills: ability/access
Knowledge: scientific facts
Encounter: be there for patient
Desire: commitment, motivation
assimilation - Answer -process by which a person develops new cultural identity and becomes like
the members of the dominant culture
Adopting the traits of another culture. Often happens over time when one immigrates into a new
country.
Autonomy - Answer -The ethical tenet that the physician has the responsibility to respect patients'
choices about their own healthcare.
Right to choose, self freedom
, Basic Human Needs - Answer -The fundamental needs of people for adequate food, shelter, health
care, sanitation, and education. Meeting such needs may be thought of as both a moral imperative and a
form of investment in "human capital" essential for economic growth.
Beneficence - Answer -The ethical tenet that the physician has a responsibility to act in the
patient's best interest.
Best advance directive: - Answer -combination of proxy and written directions.
biculturalism - Answer -dual pattern of identification and often of divided loyalty
is when minority members adopt characteristics of majority cultures in order to succeed.
Biofeedback - Answer -a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back
information regarding a subtle psychological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension
Blacks/African Americans - Answer -high rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality.
cancer, HIV/AIDS, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension
Severe high blood pressure
Bowen's Family Systems Theory - Answer -emotional system exists within a family and this system
influences the degree of separateness and togetherness, major goal is to develop differentiation or
independence among family members
Chi - Answer -energy that flows through your body
CLARA - Answer -Calm down
Listen to patient/ family perspective
Affirm
Respond
Add (educate)
Communication Techniques - Answer -• Open-ended versus close-ended
• Focused
• Contrasted Questions
• Ethnohistory
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• Social Organization
• Socio-economic status
