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Culture and Health
Finals Study
7
Health Care
Undergraduate 2
12/07/2011

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Term
Culture
Definition
“behavior and beliefs that are learned and shared”
Term
Variation in culture
Definition
What constitutes an illness?
-social stigma that comes with a sickness
-differences with how illness in perceived
What causes an illness? Body balances, supernatural, emotional, sexual
How is disease prevented? Taboos/practices to avoid illnesses
How the diseases is treated?
How is the disease diagnosed?
Who treats populations: witches, shamans, herbalists, midwives, priests, etc. Western populations: pharmacists, nurses, doctors, dentists
Term
Understanding behavior
Definition
Assessment of:
What behaviors that are taking place
Extent to which they are harmful/helpful
Underlying motivation for these behaviors
Likely responses to different approaches to changing the unhealthy behaviors
Term
Stages of Change model
Definition
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Determination
Action (Relapse can occur)
Maintenance
Term
Trans Theoretical Model
Definition
1. Don't perceive it to be a problem (Not thinking about it)
2. Thinking about it (people already know about it)
Term
Changing behaviors
Definition
Engage community
Promote desirable health behaviors
Social media and health education
Term
In which stage during the trans-theoretical change model do individuals spend the most time?
Definition
pre-contemplation and contemplation phases
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