Multicultural Perspectives Of Practice : Msw 553

The United States is a nation of immigrants; they have virtually every culture of the world within its borders. Due to this reason, there must be a certain level of cultural competency within its people. A comparison and contrast will be made to compare the Hispanic cultural views on medical care to the American cultural views toward medical care. I chose to explore Hispanic culture because of my background but most importantly due to its richness of unique characteristics. I will provide an overview on how heredity, culture, and environment can influence behavior in the medical office. Furthermore, I will express my opinion about why a medical assistant,

Cultural diversity in the health care setting is increasing each year. Knowing how to care for patients of different religious and spiritual faiths is essential to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. The author of this paper will research three lesser-known religions; Taoism, Sikhism and Shamanism. Through this paper, she will provide a brief background on each of the three religions and present information regarding spiritual perspectives on healing, critical components of healing and health care considerations associated with each religion.

The nursing profession has a long history of assessing and placing patient needs first when giving care. The tenets of nursing practice include meeting those needs using individualized care by collaborating with the patient, family, and health care team members. (American Nurses Association, 2010). The concept of transcultural nursing aligns with these tenets because it calls on nurses to provide patient-centered care by taking into account the patient’s background, beliefs, culture and values. In this paper, I will identify the factors that made it necessary to develop the transcultural nursing theory, describe the meaning of diversity and its relationship to the field of nursing, and explain three ways that I provide culturally sensitive care to my patients.

Guideline 1: Psychologists are encouraged to recognize that, as cultural beings, they may hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence their perceptions of and interactions with individuals who are ethnically and racially different from themselves (American Psychological Association, 2003). I agree that psychologist can hold many different beliefs concerning others. The beliefs can sometimes hinder a person from growing emotionally, and cognitively. In my opinion it is important for the professional to be familiar with the diversity that may exist in their patients and remain professional in their

This helped in eliminating bias through reduced sampling error. The sample of 20 practitioners as well as 20 consultants appears to be too small and unrepresentative. There are too many consultants and practitioners in the field today to be represented by a group of only 20 individuals. Again, the sample represented the population in the New England Metropolitan area. This created bias in the representation as it only represents a single area. On the other hand, the sample waa a nice blend of representatives from different groups including men and women, white, Latino, Asians, and blacks. Though not in equal numbers, the good representation helped eliminate bias a both the possible oppressors as well a those oppressed were represented hence each group could contribute its views. The study also considered experts in the interviews.. this a great advantage to the study as experts have a good understanding in combined or specific knowledge. They understand the process, strategies as well as group behaviors. The interviewer recorded the interviews on tape. This was an advantage to the study as it gave an accurate summary of the interview. Comments and information gathered were stored for reference. Through repeated listening, it must have been easy for the interviewing committee to get interview clarity and analyze speech, body language, and voice

This article was published in The New York Times in October of 2011. The article illustrates the daily challenges faced by multiracial families. Based on where the article was published, Saulny’s intended audience was the 18-49 year-old demographic as this makes up 64% of The New York Times readers (Mahapatra, 13). Roughly 80% of readers of the The New York Times have had some post-secondary education or graduated from college, indicating a highly educated audience (Mahapatra, 13). Readers also tend to lean more liberal; meaning, readers likely hold the basic liberal ideologies of equality for all and social justice as their core values (Mahapatra, 13). All of these demographics come together to create and audience that is full of young and middle age families in the middle class. Saulny’s goal for this article is to convey the social challenges multi-racial families face on a daily basis and evoke an emotional response. Saulny effectively evokes an emotional response in her audience to help garner more acceptance for multi-racial families by including anecdotes of the families’ experiences. These anecdotes help move the audience emotionally because they show the challenges multi-racial families experience, which doesn’t sit well with a majority of the liberal-leaning readers. However, with all the challenges highlighted in this article, a reader may start to assume that it is un-wise

The provision of equality, diversity and inclusive practice can be ensured in relation to change and transition in many ways. During the process of a transition, if the child has additional needs, such as behavioural problems, then the practitioner is going to need to create an individual plan for the child and their family. This plan could ensure that the parents stay longer on the child first visit. Home visits can be helpful too. This individual plan will benefit the child, their parents and also the practitioners. If the family didn’t speak English then this might cause concerns for the child and also the setting. The setting could overcome this by supporting the child by bringing an interpreter into the school. The parents can have support from the setting by the school providing leaflets about the school with lots of pictures, some videos, or a translated letter. The birth order of the individual child needs to be considered because that can have an effect on them. I have noticed in my setting that the younger child of the family is the most excited to start school because they want to be like their big brothers or sisters. Other studies show that birth order can also have an effect on the child’s grades and personalities. “Birth order within families has long sparked sibling rivalry, but it might also impact the child 's personality and intelligence, a new study suggests. First-borns are typically smarter, while younger siblings get better grades and are more

Being raised by Caucasian grandparents on the southside of Lincoln in the state of Nebraska isn't the normal living situations for most children. As well as, being a young African-American woman growing up and raised in an isolated community has altered my views on race and different opportunities received as a black individual compared to a white individual. I realized while residing in a primarily white neighborhood on the Southside of Lincoln, white and are opinionated on their personal views and aren’t necessarily accepting with change or promoting differences. (*my personal views about race)

Understanding the hierarchy of the family is imperative in understanding the functions of the family unit. With some familiarity with the different cultures in a given community, a medical professional will be able to ascertain who the head of the household is. The head of the household differs from culture to culture, as such, “misunderstandings which include but are not limited to the involvement of the male in all aspects of health care

Practitioners should be prepared to understand and account for the special needs of minorities. As reflected throughout this volume, this means that we need to consider carefully in our practice the dimensions of race and ethnicity, including not only their significance for human functioning but also their impact on service delivery. In this regard, Pecora, P. J., W. R. Seelig, F. A. Zirps, and S. M. Davis, eds. (1996) assert: "Training

In evaluating Stephanie’s heritage it becomes apparent there are several salient factors that will initially shape her world view and ideas about counseling. The most significant factor will be her White heritage. As mentioned before, Stephanie growing up in a White family automatically affords her white privilege, even if she realizes it or not. This white privilege means that Stephanie may not be able to relate to minority groups and the struggles they face with discrimination and racism (Hays, Chang, & Dean, 2004).

Imagine America different from what we know. A different yet real America, which existed in the past, an American governed by hate and cruelty, fully equipped with racial segregation policies. Imagine parents, struggling for their children 's education but being denied access because of the color of their skin. Imagine constant disapproval, crime, and suspicions towards someone because of their status, or something beyond their control. Today, we find America changed, healing and progressing from its previous judgments of African-American people. As we set aside our socialized ideas of them, they have become capable of opportunities and chances inconceivable to their ancestors.

Healthcare practices have been diversifying over the years. They are inclusive practices used to prevent, treat and manage illnesses. They also involve preservation of emotional and physical welfare of an individual through the incorporation of medical services and affiliated medical professionals. The tending towards health care practices is mainly practiced through Medicare, Medicaid, and the primary aspect of tending towards the ill and the injured. Medicare is a health practice catered to the aged, especially to those administered federally under the health insurance program. Medicaid in the other hand concerns the needy people, still registered under state-funded and federal programs. All these practice modes are associated with the provision of services from qualified health personnel; nurses and doctors in a well defined and systematic healthcare program.

from the context of the personal culture of the client (Sue, Arrendondo & McDavis, 1994; Sue &

Three therapists: Alfred Adler, Albert Ellis and William Glasser, and the theories they developed will be presented in the following paper. A brief introduction of each theorist will be given, as well as a look at each individual theory along with methods, techniques or strategies that can be used with each approach. Attention will be given to show how school counselors can apply these theories in schools, in both individual and group counseling. Advantages and disadvantages will both be discussed.