Assigned Culture: ______________________________________________________________________

Purpose:Torecognize that individual culture does impact womans health care,communication, nutrition, and family influences that shape the familiesyou are caring for.

Concept:Cultural Diversity

Objective: Write a paper regarding a culture and its impact on families, contraception, conception and birth.

Instructions: Create a cultural diversity paper.

• This project is to a be written paper 5 pages in length APA format.These 5 pages include a cover page and a reference page.
• Refer to Purnells’ Cultural Competency as a guide to assessing thepatient in the identified culture from your Health Assessment course.
• Is education valued, are boy children preferred over gril children?Howdo they view families?Is contraception allowed and who is involved inthe decision making regarding birth control choices?
• In an unintended pregnancy is adoption allowed?Is assisted reproductive technology accepted?What about donor sperm or surrogacy?
• Whoattends childbirth?Where do women have babies?What are the specialpractices employed to support the new mom and baby?Who in the familysystem makes decisions regarding the woman’s health?
• What implications does culture present to the issues of womens’ health care?

See below ( 10 points)

Refer to Purnells’ Cultural Assesment Tool to address additional questions to enhance each section (See attached)

Points:

Description of requirement:

Total with comments

1

Overview of culture that is not familiar to you.

• Study and investigate the role fo women in the culture you have chosen
• Is education valued?
• Is one gender preferred over another?
• How does this culture view families?

2.5

What health care practices does this culture embrace that may be different than Western medicine?

a.What practices may interfere with health care?

b.What are the major illness common to the culture you are studying and what are its implications on pregnancy and birth?

2.5

What spiritual or religious practices does this culture follow?

a.Is contraception allowed and which forms are acceptable?

b.Who makes the decision regarding contraception choices?

c.Is assisted reproductive technology acceptable, donor sperm, surrogacy?Is adoption allowed?

d.What gives strengths and meaning to life?

2.5

Birth practices specific to your assigned culture:

a.Wheredo the women have babies, ( home birth, hospital, birth home) and whoattends the birth?What are the special practices employed to support themom or new baby?

b.Who in the family system makes decisions regarding the woman’s health such as an emergency cesarean section?

c.Includean explanation regarding how the content provides a focus for nursingassessment and or nursing interventions and nursing advocacy.

1.5

References: APA Format

• References:Utilize in text citations within the power point slides and provide areference at the bottom of the slide. Include a reference page slide.

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