Healthcare Culture

Option One: Write a well-structured essay of no more than 1500 words.
NOTE: Support all required examples with accurate numerical data from legitimate healthcare or sociological studies. Cite your sources in the text or narration. List all resources used in standard format at the end of your essay, in a list at the end of your presentation, or in the location noted below.
Cultural Overview:
1. Identify one of the following cultural groups that you will explore in this assignment. (1 point)
Rural or inner city select one population in a specific location
Religion select one that is different from your own
Ethnicity select one that is different from your own
Homeless or wealthy select one population in a specific location
Generational select one cohort that is different from your own
2. Explain why you think it is important for our society to understand the unique healthcare needs of this cultural group. Provide one example and offer support as noted above. (4 points)
3. Think about the beliefs, practices, values, and language of this culture. Select two of these cultural elements. Describe their impacts on the health of members of this culture and/or on their experience of healthcare. Provide one example for each example and offer support as noted above. (7 points)
Healthcare Application:
1. Identify up to three approaches that healthcare providers can use to address the healthcare needs of members of this culture. Provide one example of each. (5 points)
2. Describe how you think these approaches will improve the health and/or the healthcare experience of members of this culture. Provide at least two examples and offer support as noted above. (7 points)
Personal Reflection:
1. Describe how the cultural elements you identified in #3 above differ from your own. (4 points)
2. Explain how those differences make this cultures experience of healthcare different from your own. Provide at least two examples. (4 points)
3. Explain how these differences create challenges for you when addressing the health and healthcare needs of this culture. Provide at least two examples. (4 points)
4. Describe how you intend to address each of them and explain why. (4 points)

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