Models for Health and WellnessHW 215
Unit 2Multicultural and Cross-disciplinary
Perspectives on Health and Wellness
J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D.Kaplan University
School of Health Sciences
Agenda
• Housekeeping
• Culture Quiz
• Word Association
• Discussion: Seminar Questions
• Wrap up
Housekeeping
• Assignments must meet the length requirements
• Papers should be typed in 12-point font• References and citations must be provided
for all information gathered from other sources
• Please use the spell check feature in Word• Format for references and citations is
available in the Kaplan Writing Center• All assignments are graded based on the
rubric found in the syllabus
Housekeeping
• “Free Encyclopedia”
• “Anyone can edit”
• Content can not be verified at any given moment
Wikipedia
Housekeeping
• Weekly Discussion Board
• To receive full credit, you must:
• Make your initial post by Saturday
• Post two (2) responses to your classmates’ posts
Housekeeping
• Seminar• If you choose the Live Seminar (Option 1),
your grade depends on• Attendance• Substantive Participation
• Frequent interactions on concepts being discussed by students and instructor
• Posts are on topic and contribute to the quality of the seminar
• Student arrives on time and stays the entire seminar
Seminar Focus
Culture Quiz
• Name the country of origin of
Chile con Carne
Culture Quiz
• Where do they cook with
Spiders?
Culture Quiz
• Identify this language:
Pon m’onor
Culture Quiz
• What is this?
Ciopino
• And where does it come from?
Culture Quiz
• Chile con Carne is a “spanish-style” dish that was created in the Southwest United States.
• Spiders are frying pans with legs used in the United States.
• “Pon m’onor” is Appalachian English.
• Ciopino is a seafood stew that was created in San Francisco.
Word Association
Adaptation
Word Association
• Adaptation: Designates a modification, adjustment, or change in the way one thinks of and approaches a topic.
Word Association
Culture
Word Association
• Culture: Customs, ways of life, traditions, and mores of particular social groups.
Word Association
Context
Word Association
• Context: The framework, the setting, or the environment related to a topic. For example, the cultural context in health and wellness is the social environment that influences one’s understanding of health, healing, illness, etc.
Word Association
Global Health
Word Association
• Global Health: A viewpoint of health that extends beyond political, geographical, and cultural boundaries.
Word Association
Holistic
Word Association
• Holistic: To focus on the whole instead of compartmentalizing or viewing a theory, topic, or subject (or person) as composed of separate parts.
Word Association
Immersion
Word Association
• Immersion: Education; A method of language or experience-based teaching that involves being completely engaged in concentrated studies.
Word Association
Multi-Cultural
Word Association
• Multi-cultural: relates to the understanding of health is a term describing many cultures coexisting in a specified area without any one culture dominating health attitudes, concepts, and/or practices.
Word Association
Liberal
Multi-Culturalism
Word Association
• Liberal Multi-Culturalism: embracing the concept that various cultures relate to and interact with one another without regard to power hierarchies; acknowledging ethnic variety and practicing tolerance without regard for external or internal influences. For example, if one adopts a global understanding of health, healing and wellness without regard for societal differences within each of the various cultures, one is adopting a liberal view of multi-culturalism.
Word Association
Critical
Multi-Culturalism
Word Association
• Critical Multi-Culturalism: concerned with ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ and the existence of inequity within societies based on power and hierarchy. For example, recognizing that a comprehensive understanding of health, healing and wellness includes societal differences based on ‘majorities’ and ‘minorities’ ‘power’ and hierarchies. Therefore, institutions and societal practices may differ based on more than ethnic variety alone.
Word Association
Multi-Disciplinary
Word Association
• Multi-Disciplinary: studying or using several specialized subjects or skills.
Seminar Focus
Seminar Focus
Virtual Fieldtrip to Panama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKdrK399Ko
Seminar Question
• What do you need to know about the verbal communication practices of Panamanians in order not to violate social taboos?
Seminar Question
• As a health and wellness professional working in Panama, part of your cultural immersion experience require you to attend a religious service. Which type of service would you want to attend? Why?
Seminar Question
• What role does religious affiliation play in the lives of Panamanians and how does this affect health practices?
Wrap Up
Unit 2 Quiz
• 55 minutes
• You may take the quiz only once
• 7 questions• Matching, True/False, and Multiple Choice
• Covers issues related to cultural and health
Wrap Up
• Questions?• I will remain online to answer questions
related to tonight’s seminar.• Other questions:
• Email Instructor: [email protected]