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