Cultural
Bridging the cultural health care gap – News – recordnet.com
MANTECA — Maha Saddiqui was a child when she first noticed that disparities existed in her community and in the medical field. Her parents, who are Pakistani immigrants, would have to rely on a young Saddiqui to serve as their translator during medical visits. “There’s a large population out there of Pakistani, Muslim and South …
Listen: Black Pharmacists Are Helping Close A Cultural Health Care Divide
July 9, 2019 More From The Midwest Bureau Cara Anthony, a Kaiser Health News Midwest correspondent, is interviewed on “The 21st” on Illinois Public Media by Niala Boodhoo about how black pharmacists are helping fill a void for African American patients seeking medical care that acknowledges their heritage, beliefs and values. Anthony reported how such …
Culture Dogma – The Parallel Existence of Causal Continuation and the Cultural Continuum
The cultural continuum exists in parallel with the causal continuation of the world’s events. They are inseparable from each other. The culture of a nation is passed on to the following generations that are born to be a part of the causal continuation of a nation. It is an endless transaction between generations for as …
National and Cultural Negotiation Style
Cultural and national negotiation styles reflect communication behaviors and the priorities of that culture. Priorities such as trust, teamwork, non-confrontational situations, and openness are all along a sliding scale with each culture. The communication behaviors of each culture reflect these priorities and can dictate how a culture will engage in negotiations. Often, Japanese and other …
Cultural Belonging and Identification
Humans have always fought for territory with the perspective of protecting cultural norms. We belong to our land and our land belongs to us. Therefore, traditionally, culture has been geographically tethered. With technology, modernization, affluenza and ease of travel, global nomadic lifestyles are changing the definition of cultural norms. It is important that we broaden …
Cultural Competence in Social Care and Health
What is “cultural competence”? Culture is an aspect of identity, which we all have. Culture is based on a number of things shared with others such as language, shared history, beliefs, attitudes, celebrations, musical taste, dress, diet and many others. Culture is basically about a shared understanding with others of the same culture. Cultures are …
Globalization – How It Impacts Cross Cultural Relationships
It used to be that ‘Cross-Culture” meant reaching across ethnicities. The bar for developing a successful relationship with individuals or groups of other cultures was low. You needed to communicate a common language, or used an interpreter, understood the basic do’s and don’t of the culture and conducted your relationship without much thought to anything …
Naming: A Tool for the Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage in Ghana
The importance of the cultures of people is undisputed and is proven by some empirical studies. Culture defines the makeup of societies. This includes their belief systems, norms, ideals, values and ethics. This makes it easier to preserve the good cultural gems of a people from one generation to the other. As part of the …
Cross Cultural Advertising
“Culture is a like dropping an Alka-seltzer into a glass – you don’t see it, but somehow it does something,” Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Culture affects everything we do. This applies to all areas of human life from personal relationships to conducting business abroad. When interacting within our native cultures, culture acts as a framework of …
How Does Learning a Foreign Language Help With Cultural Awareness?
Contrary to popular belief, learning a foreign language is not simply about being able to speak it. It is about understanding and experiencing another culture and society, and, through this, broadening your own perspectives and outlook on the world. Many prospective language learners greatly underestimate what it means to be culturally aware. No matter how …
