NURSNG 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Brca2, Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular Disease
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Why study transcultural health: people from minority groups experience poorer health outcomes, outcomes are in uenced by, social factors, environmental factors, biological factors, systems factors. Cultural competence: takes place over time, includes attitudes, knowledge and skills, many facets change over time, studied elsewhere: anthropology, demography, immigration history, and policies, begins with understanding your own culture - self-awareness. Race, ethnicity, culture: race is a social construct, yet racism is real. Nursing theories and models: leninger, theory - cultural care diversity and universality, assumption - care (caring) is essential for well being, health, healing, growth survival, and to face handicaps or death. Wednesday, april 12, 2017: giger and davidhizar, model - transcultural assessment model, assumption - for undergraduate nursing students and includes six cultural phenomena. Health disparities among vulnerable populations: ethnic and racial minorities, people with disabilities, lgbtq community. Respiratory: tuberculosis (tb, overall decline in the us, 11. 5% higher if foreign born, when compared to white:
