Chapter 5 Fundementals and skills for PCT

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cultural competence

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The awareness of one's own cultural beliefs and practices and their relation to those of others

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Culturally competent care

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Providing care to patients that is individual and specific to their cultural beliefs and practices

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culture

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A set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices that are shared by a group and passed from one generation to the next

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Ethnicity

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A group of people who share a common social and cultural heritage based on shared traditions, national origin and physical and biological characteristics

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Ethnocentrism

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A belief that believes and practices of one's particular culture is the best

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Folk Health Belief system

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A system that believes health and illness are controlled by supernatural forces; may be secular and or sacred.

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Health literacy

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The degree to which people can understand basic health information in order to make their own decisons about treatment options.

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Race

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A group of people who share biological physical charactiristics

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Society

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A nation, community or broad group of people who establish practicular aims, beliefs or standards of living and conduct

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Stereotype

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A generalized expectation about form of behavior, an individual or a group