GCU HLT324 All Weeks Discussions latest 2019 August

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 "Variant characteristics of culture" include nationality, race, age, color, religious affiliation, educational status, socioeconomic status, occupation, military experience, political beliefs, urban versus rural residence, enclave identity, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender issues, physical characteristics, immigration status, and length of time away from the country of origin.

Which characteristics can change, and which cannot? Discuss how these, whether changing or stable, can influence one's worldview.

DQ2 How does cultural competency occur? What can one do to become culturally aware? Describe an effective approach to using The Purnell Model when working with subcultures (immigration status, gender, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, educational status, etc.).

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 From your readings, which cultural difference would be most challenging for you to understand? Why? How would you prepare to work with individuals from this culture in order to respect their culture?

DQ2 If health care practitioners cannot communicate to the patients in their language, how important is it to find a translator? Whose problem is it, the health care provider's or the patient's? Why?

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 From the cultural groups you reviewed for the High-Risk Nutritional Practices assignment, briefly explain an unusual high-risk practice and how it impacts your role as a medical professional.

DQ2 What factors influencing nutritional practices in the United States could be changed to improve health?

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Describe the spectrum of death and dying rituals and practices across cultures. Why are death and dying rituals so significant?

DQ2 What death and dying practices are contrary to your personal beliefs or chosen religious values? How will you support a patient's death and dying rituals and practices, and still honor your own?

HLT324 Transcultural Health Care

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 If you were caring for a child who could be cured if given blood transfusions, but whose parents refused permission to give the transfusions due to religious beliefs, what would you do?

DQ2 Some parents are refraining from giving certain immunizations to their children. How will this affect diseases in the United States in the future? How as medical professionals can we embrace these nontraditional practices?