Question

Discuss how culture affects health: physical and psychological health, perception of health, and health decision-making. Discuss examples from your own experience, culture, and patient care experience. Cite references to support your statements whenever possible.

Answer 1

Answer: Due to diversity in the population of the world, there are lots of cultural differences. These differences effects physical and psychological health. Many people have different beliefs and cultural values due to which they are unable to get proper health care sometimes.

Sometimes their beliefs becomes one of the major problem in delivering the proper treatment . For example many of the African American are prone to heart diseases as compared to native Americans but they are not at all concerned about their health as they follow their own regime.

Many problems occurs due to socioeconomic status, health disparities etc. Some people do not believe in treatment provided in the hospital rather they treat themselves with the traditional and cultural methods used by their ancestors but when the situation get worse then they come to the clinic. These are the maine problem which occurs due to cultural differences.