Maternal Child Ch 2

Factors affecting worldview: Environmental

Factors affecting worldview: Environmental

One’s membership in one or more ethnic groups, including commitment to that group’s cultural customs and rituals

How humans vary according to several factors such as race, age, gender, veteran status, disability, religion, ethnicity

Factors affecting worldview: Political

One’s philosophy or conception of the world

Social determinants of health: Social conditions

Social determinants of health: Physical Conditions

Making assumptions about an individual based on the group you think he or she belongs to

Social determinants of health: Social conditions

Difference in access or availability of health-care facilities and services

Factors affecting worldview: Migrational

displaying culturally appropriate behaviors

Genetic physical characteristics that are similar among members of a group

Factors affecting worldview: Social

Social determinants of health:

Variation in rates of disease and disabilities that occur among different groups within a population

Able to function effectively within cultural context of beliefs, behaviors, & needs of the person/community being served

Factors affecting worldview: Political

Why is it important for nurses to understand the worldview when caring for individuals from different cultures?

Factors affecting worldview: Economic

Skills of sensitivity to & awareness of the beliefs, values, & behaviors of members of a group different from your own

encompasses language, religion, social habits, values, & other factors that are acquired through deep socialization

Factors affecting worldview: Migrational

Is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, & understand basic health information & service

characteristics, knowledge, behavior, and beliefs of a particular group of people

Influencers of behavioral responses: