cultural diversity

influenced by

physical characteristics

family life

religious beliefs

geographical location

education

work

life experiences

culture

values, beliefs, atituded, languagem symbols, rituals, behavior

customs unique to a particular group of people

passed from one generation to the next

often defined as a set of rules

four basic characteristics

learned

shared

social in nature

always changing

ethnicity

classification of people based on national origin and or culture

countries of origin

african american

central and south america

domuinican republic

haiti

Jamaica

asian/ pacific american

cambodia

china, guam

hawaii

india, Indonesia

pacific island countries

japan, korea

loas, philipines

samoa, vietnam

Hispanic american

mexico, puerto rico, spain

Spanish speaking countries, central/ south america

European American

england, france, germany

netherlands, ierland

italy

norway

poland

Russia, Scandinavia

Scotland, Switzerland

middle eastern

egypt, iran, iraq

kuwait, lebanan, yemen

Native American

includes eskimos, but there are more than 500 tribes

race

classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics

cultural diversity

differences among people resulting from cultural, ethnic, and racial factors

these differences influences a persons behavior

acculturation

process of learning the beliefs and behaviors of a dominant culture and assuming some of the characteristics

occurs slowly over a long period of time

Bias

preference/ indication that inhibits impartial judgement

people who believe in their own supremacy of their own ethnic group

prejudice

strong feelings/ beliefs about a person or subject

pre judging before knowing the facts

stereotyping

making assumption that everyone in a group is the same

all blondes are dumb

Holistic care

care that provides for the well being of the whole person and meets not only physical

Family organizations

Structure of family and the dominant or decision making person in a family.

nuclear family

mom, dad,children

can also be single parent

basic unit in European american families

Extended family

includes nuclear family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins

patriarcle family

where the father, or the oldest male in the family is the one in charge of everything

matriarcle family

where the mother or the oldest female is in charge of everything

personal space and touch

arabs

very close contact and touchy

french

latin americans

Very close, hugs and handshakes

Very close, hugs and handshakes

african americans

prefer space, about 2-4 ft

cambodia

members of opposite sex may never touch each other in public

only parents can touch childresns heads

vietmanese

only the elderly can touch childrens heads

eye contact

European americans

reguard most eyecontact during conversation as interest and worthiness

asian americans

consider direct eye contact as very rude

native americans

peripheral vision and avoid direct eye contact

hispanics

african americans

use little eye contact to show respect

use little eye contact to show respect

indian

avoid eye contact with dif. socioeconomic classes

gesture in india are opposite that the rest of the world

Most common health care system in the U.S. is biomedical and western system

south african

maintain harmony of the body

tolerate pain

asian

state of physical and spiritual harmony

pain must be accepted

Europeans

maintained by diet, rest and exercise

sugery, prayer

middle eastern

Spiritual forces

physicians

native american

harmony between man and nature

rituals, charms

Spirituality and religion

spirituality

religion

organized system of beliefs in a superhuman power or higher power

Beliefs an individual has about themselves

athiest

a person who doesnt believe in any diety

agnostic

an individual who believes that the existence of god cannot be proven or disprove