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1) Health class the country about this report must be South Africa.
please make sure it's all about South Africa. also please make sure to provide evidence about this assignment.
it must be 1 and half or 2 pages single spaced.
2) Health Practices: What are the culture-specific health practices within this country? Is there a culture-bound syndrome within your country/region?
How does this affect how people seek and receive care? How do people perceive "Western medicine" in your country? Provide a thorough discussion.
Examples:
Is it cultural to engage in excessive/binge drinking? Social smoking?
In Japan, it is a cultural expectation for employees to work overtime. So many people die from exhaustion/overwork that there is a Japanese term for this.
Do people trust doctors? Why or why not? In some cultures, traditional healers have more credibility when modern doctors. Why? How does this affect how they seek healthcare?
In some cultures, depression is not a real concept. They understand it as a religious punishment, deep sadness, or a pain that they must go through.
Other examples provided in class (i.e. culture-bound syndrome).
Rubric:
What are the culture-specific health practices within this country? Is there a culture-bound syndrome within your country/region?
How does this affect how people seek and receive care? How do people perceive "Western medicine" in your country? Provide a thorough discussion.