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Assignment - Culture in Healthcare Questions
What is culture? Give some examples of aspects of culture that vary across different societies.
Why is it important to access the relationship between culture and health in specific societies by the extent to which cultural practices promote or discourage good physical and mental health?
Name three cultural practices that are health promoting. Name three cultural practices that are harmful to health.
How does culture relate to people's perceptions of illness? Why would some cultures regard some illnesses as normal?
What might low-income people in traditional societies see as possible cause of illness?
What is the difference between illness and disease?
When an infant is ill in a traditional society in a low-income country, from whom and in what order are the parents likely to seek help?
Why would members of a community seek treatment for illness from traditional healers?
If you wanted to encourage the large-scale adoption of a healthy behavior, such as giving up cigarette smoking, what information would you want to know as you plan your effort?
Why are social assessments important? If they are done well, what gains would they produce that might not come if there were no such assessment?