Question

please choose a culture other than hispanic, muslim or asian but provide all three culturally based behaviors that may not promote health as well as provide respectful health promotion

For a cultural group different from your own, list three culturally based behaviors that may not promote health, and explain how you would provide respectful health promotion education to that cultural group.

Answer 1

It is important to understand how certain cultural practices affect health, because if they affect the health of the population in a negative way, these cultural behaviors need to be changed. However, this can be difficult, considering that cultural practices are often deeply embedded in traditional societies, and many individuals are unwilling to change their behaviors. Knowing how these practices affect health, and how important they are to the people, can help public health professionals create programs to change these unhealthy behaviors while still keeping people connected to their culture. They can also educate community leaders, to try to implement healthy practices by creating a community change, led by the leader of the culture. Because culture is so important to many societies, when trying to change health behaviors it is important to ensure that interventions are respectful of cultural beliefs, and that they can become accepted by the community.

Some of the cultural practices which is unhealthy and are harmful for the health are :-

- open defecation

- preference for heavier women

- food taboos

As a healthcare workers our main duty is to educate people about healthy practices . We should educate these people about the negative effects of their beliefs . How it would affect their health and others . Also provide the live example of an individual who is affected by these beliefs . Health education in the society , community etc is the best ways to approch this .