HS 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gout, Health Literacy, Medicaid
10 Aug 2018
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Group with common history, origin, language, culture, sense of peoplehood. Positive / negative beliefs about an entire group based on assumptions or generalizations (e. g. , lazy, smart) People born around the same time/ era. Influence preferences & how people perceive & utilize services / programs (e. g, racial discrimination) Reason for coming (e. g: voluntary, refugee, war, genocide) Effects (e. g: ptsd, relocation stress, grief from personal losses) Language, food, media / television preferences, socialization. New research paradigm: some groups have lower than average risk of disease. Only covering the first four on this list. Nuclear vs. extended families (nuclear: mom, dad, and their children. People put importance on extended family) there are cultural differences. Sometimes the extended family is involved with the parents" decisions and not just the parents alone. Some parents say that they are 18 and send them out, but portuguese and vietnamese keep their kids until they get married. Conflict avoidance, american: speak your mind and stand up for yourself.
