Transcultural Health Care Assignment

Transcultural Health Care Assignment

Transcultural Health Care Assignment

People of Chinese Heritage.

People of Guatemalan Heritage.

Read chapter 10 and 31 of the class textbook.  Read content chapter 31 in Davis plus online website.  Once done answer the following questions;

1.  Discuss the health care beliefs of the Chinese and Guatemalan people and mention if there is any similarity in their beliefs.

2.  How the beliefs of this two culture differ from the beliefs in the health care in United  States.

3.  Give an example of how the healthcare beliefs of this two cultures affect the delivery of evidence based nursing care.

As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font attach to the forum in blackboard title “week 5 discussion questions”.  A minimum of 2 evidence based references not older than 5 year are required.  You must post two replies sustained with references to any of our peers.  A minimum of 500 words are required.

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

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Chinese American Culture

Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Copyright © 2013 F.A. Davis Company

Chinese Overview/Heritage ? China’s population of over 1.3 billion people is

dispersed over 3.7 million square miles, with cultural values differing according to geographic location as well as other variant cultural characteristics.

? Chinese in the United States exceed 1.6 million people with the largest communities in California, New York, Hawaii, and Texas.

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Chinese Overview/Heritage

? A university education is highly valued; however, few have the opportunity to achieve this life goal because of limited enrollment opportunities.

? Often, young adults come to Western countries to attend universities seeking more advanced prestigious educations.

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Chinese Overview/Heritage

? Many newer immigrants are professionals from Hong Kong.

? Chinese Confucian ideals emphasize the importance family and neighbors and reinforce the idea that all relationships embody power and rule.