Non-Hispanic and Native American/Alaska Native Subcultures and US Healthcare
Learning Outcomes
1. Compare and contrast the various White (Non-Hispanic) subcultures health beliefs and traditions that may influence patient care.
2. Assess factors that influence the health of diverse groups within the community.
3. Apply the concepts of White (Non-Hispanic) and Native American/Alaska Native subcultures that affect health care decision-making in the United States.
Introduction
Welcome to Week Five. In our final week together, you will look at your community’s diverse population. You will consider how a person’s culture and/or ethnicity influence health-care decisions and how those decisions are based on the beliefs, traditions, and experiences of the culture. Whether a patient is of an African/Black American, Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American/Alaska Native, or White culture, health-care decisions are based on their experiences. As we have learned throughout previous weeks, it is our role as nurses to ensure we consider the impact of traditions and beliefs in the provision of care to patients.
Non-Hispanic and Native American/Alaska Native Subcultures and US Healthcare paper Required Resources
Text
Dayer-Berenson, L. (2014). Cultural competencies for nurses: Impact on health and illness (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA, Jones & Bartlett Learning.
• Chapter 8: Native Americans/Alaska Natives
• Chapter 9: Whites (Non-Hispanic)
Article
Shah, V. O., Ghahate, D. M., Bobelu, J., Sandy, P., Newman, S., Helitzer, D. L., & … Zager, P. (2014). Identifying barriers to health care to reduce health disparity in Zuni Indians using focus group conducted by community health workers. CTS: Clinical & Translational Science, 7(1), 6-11. doi:10.1111/cts.12127
• The full text of this article is available in the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. This article relays information from a study on the Zuni Pueblo population to identify common themes related to barriers to health care as well as adhering to medical advice.
Multimedia
Practice Activity. (2015). Transcultural Nursing. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning Navigate.
• The practice activities provide an opportunity to reinforce the concepts presented in the textbook readings.
• Complete the following practice activities: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Recommended Resources
Text
Dayer-Berenson, L. (2014). Cultural competencies for nurses: Impact on health and illness (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA, Jones & Bartlett Learning.
• Chapter 1: Birth of Transcultural Nursing to Current Theory and Conceptual Models for Cultural Diversity
• Chapter 2: Culture
• Chapter 5: Black Americans
• Chapter 6: Hispanics/Latinos
• Chapter 7: Asians/Pacific Islanders
Article
Gupta, V. B. (2010). Impact of culture on health care seeking behavior of Asian Indians. Journal Of Cultural Diversity, 17(1), 13-19. Retrieved from http://tuckerpub.com/jcd.htm
• The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database