Multicultural Patient Education, Illiteracy, And Effective Communication
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1. Explain multicultural communication and its origins.
People lived within their localities; there were few interactions among people with varied
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Grand Canyon University
HLT-306V-0500
DR. Lashandra Span
02/24/22
cultures. As time went by, the trade made people from different cultural backgrounds exchange
services and goods. The trade forces people from different cultures to find a way to communicate
with one another, which is multicultural communication. Initially, communities lived separately
because of security and geographical reasons for ethnic purity. According to Lin et al. (2021), the
need for free communication and interaction due to trade and immigration has led to
multicultural communication. Trade and immigration have facilitated people with diverse
cultural backgrounds to come together, creating the need for a common language despite their
varied cultures.
2. Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
Nurses are confronted with concerns to do with ethnicity, culture, and acculturation, and
they should be aware of each to help them take a personal approach to every client. Culture
involves the characteristic of values, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs' patterns shared by a
population or society (Sumankuuro et al., 2018). Ethnicity is a set of qualitative characteristics of
a group of individuals related to their ethnic originality. Acculturation involves cultural
interactions, or a nation's view of whole or other's part. Culture does not change; it is static,
while ethnicity can change over time. Ethnicity is more of particular groups sharing common
values and beliefs. Acculturation involves the act of a culture being assimilated by a dominant
culture. Ethnicity can be embodied in cultural beliefs and values, and all aspects are hereditary.
Ethnicity differs from acculturation as it relates to an individual's adaptation,
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3. Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional
and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
More often, caregivers deal with patients from varied cultural backgrounds, which can
affect care service delivery. There are many concerns that caregivers experience while dealing
with strange cultural values and beliefs (Sumankuuro et al., 2018). For example, not having
previous intercultural communication skills, not recognizing other cultures, bias against culture
and religion, classifying people from varied cultures, and having frustrations can lead to poor
relationships with patients from other cultural backgrounds.
4. Discuss family culture and its effect on patient education.
Family culture is a tradition of a family and involves an aggregate of ideas, attitudes,
environment, which an individual inherits from their ancestors and parents. According to
Johnson & Farquharson (2019), some families believe that sickness is spiritual, a will of superior
power; therefore, a member from such a family may be unwilling to receive patient education
and care.
5. List some approaches the health care professional can use to address religious and
cultural diversity.
Healthcare practitioners should avoid making assumptions about unfamiliar cultures to
avoid losing trust and rapport between patients and caregivers and reduce acceptance of
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religious and cultural backgrounds, caregivers should allow patients to give their informed
consent before undergoing medical procedures. Patient education can help patients understand
the importance of care procedures and influence their compliance to healthcare despite cultural
and religious diversity.
6. List the types of illiteracy.
The forms of literacy that exist are; cultural illiteracy which stems from a lack of
understanding of one's own history and background. Literal illiteracy involves the inability to
read or write and is the most common type of illiteracy. This means you would not be able to
read anything written, including medication prescriptions. Civic illiteracy is a problem among
individuals who have little pride in or influence in their community. They do not see how a
single individual, or a group of individuals, can bring about positive change in difficult
situations. Financial illiteracy involves difficulty in understanding financial management, which
is a key determiner of poverty, and inequalities in society. Functional illiteracy is when one reads
a phrase or a sentence but cannot figure out what it means (Owada et al., 2019). These people
can be quite dangerous because they are prone to taking overly simplistic explanations and
conclusions seriously.
7. Discuss illiteracy as a disability.
The fact that an adult cannot read or write does not qualify as a disability under the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Only when illiteracy is caused by a physical or mental
impairment does it become a disability. For example, if you have a stroke or a severe head injury
that prevents you from reading, you have a disability. It also counts as a disability if you have a
severe learning disability that prevents you from learning to read (Pappert & Bock, 2020). You
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are not disabled if you have the ability to learn to read but have never done so due to "social,
cultural, or economic" factors.
8. Give examples of some myths about illiteracy.
There are various instances of myths about illiteracy, including; illiterate parents are likely
to have illiterate kids. The second myth is that individuals with dyslexia are illiterate, but the
truth is, not all people with dyslexia are illiterate. Thirdly, illiterate individuals are not intelligent,
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treatment. Learning about other people's cultures can improve cultural awareness among
caregivers to help overcome language barriers and provide culturally sensitive patient care
(Henderson et al., 2018). Practicing active listening can help the caregivers understand the
diverse healthcare needs of patients with varied cultural and religious backgrounds. Despite their
but the truth is some illiterates often operate in a survival mode and resort to approaches that let
them hide their immediate circles for a substantial portion of their lives (Perry et al., 2021). The
fourth myth is that most illiterate people are immigrants and the elderly.
9. Explain how to assess literacy skills and evaluate written material for readability.
With the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), which assesses targeted skills or
content directly and repeatedly, one can determine your students' reading fluency,
comprehension, and reading words per minute (RWM) (Anderson et al., 2020).
10. Identify ways a health care professional may establish effective communication.
Identifying a dialogue with patients can assist healthcare professionals in determining if or
not the diagnosis and treatment plan are acceptable to them. Patients who disagree with the
diagnosis are more likely to abandon their treatment plan sooner or later. Utilizing simple and
clear language at all times makes clients who are more likely to trust caregivers who speak to
them in a simple language (Tavakoly Sany et al., 2020). This helps in establishing effective
patient-physician communication.
11. Suggest ways the health care professional can help a patient remember instructions.
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Caregivers can use virtual communication to promote patient retention and supplement
the printed and online summaries with text message notifications. Follow-up reminders,
discharge instructions, video demonstrations, and medication education can be sent through a
text message. Healthcare professionals can encourage patients to take notes, as taking notes
while listening and reviewing the notes within a day of the appointment can improve retention of
up to 70% (Jackson et al., 2018).
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