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Cultural Awareness :Self-examination of one's own prejudices and biases toward
other cultures. An in-depth exploration of one's own
cultural/ethnic background.
Care is designed for the specific client.
Care is based on the uniqueness of the person's Cultural competence inculture and
includes cultural norms and values.
nursing consists of fourCare includes self-employment strategies to facilitate principles.client
decision making to improve health behaviors.
Care is provided with sensitivity and
is based on the cultural uniqueness
of clients.
What do you call your problem?
What do you think caused your problem?
The APN may also use the Why do you think it started when it did?
Kleinman Explanatory What does your sickness do to you?
Model of Illness (1978). What do you fear most about your sickness?
Below are the questions What are the chief problems your sickness has caused you?
that can be utilized. What kind of treatment do you think you should receive?
What is the most important result you hope to receive from the
treatment?
,According to Giger and communication (verbal and nonverbal);
Davidhizer (2000), although personal space; social organization; time
perception; environmental control; and
cultures differ, they all have
biological variations.
the same basic organizing
factors that must be
assessed in order to provide
care for culturally diverse
patients.
These factors include
The NCCC uses four major Web-based technical assistance, (2) knowledge development and
approaches to fulfill its dissemination, (3) supporting a community of learners, and (4)
mission, including collaboration and partnerships with diverse groups.
Epidemiological Triad: host, agent, environment
Genetics The study of individual genes and their impact on relatively rare
single gene disorders
Absolute risk is the probability of an event, such as illness, injury, or death.
Gives no indication of how its magnitude compares with others
The odds ratio closely approximates the relative risk if the disease is rare.
Odds ratio and the relative to assess the strength of association between risk factor and
risk are used outcome.
How is Attributible risk used is used to make risk-based decisions for individuals.
Population-attributable risk are used to form public health decisions
measures
Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and
EGAPP:
Prevention
,GAPPNet Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Network
(established in 2009) is a collaborative initiative involving
partners from across the public health sector working
together to realize the promise of genomics in health care
and disease prevention.
GEDDI Genetics Early Disease Detection Intervention project (GEDDI)
(established in 2009) developed a model strategy for using
clinical, genetic, and family history information to reduce the
risk of disease, death, and disability in affected individuals,
family members, and populations.
HuGENet Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)
(established in 1998) helps translate genetic research
findings into opportunities for preventive medicines and
public health by advancing the synthesis, interpretation, and
dissemination of population-based data on human genetic
variation in health and disease. HuGENet reviews are
systematic, peer-reviewed synopses of the epidemiologic
aspects of human genes, including prevalence of allelic
variants in different populations, population-based
information on disease risk, evidence for gene-environment
interaction and quantitative data on genetic tests and
services carried out according to specific guidelines.
DC's Office of Public Health Genomics (established in 2002)
formed a multidisciplinary working group with members
from across CDC. It developed a proposal to measure the
prevalence of selected genetic variants of public health
NHANES III
significance in a representative sample of the U.S.
population and to examine the association between the
selected genetic variants and disease outcomes available in
NHANES III data.
, The World Health as a global epidemic that spreads to more than one
Organization defines a continent (WHO, 2009). One of the more recent
pandemic pandemics that you might be familiar with is the H1N1
influenza outbreak of 2009.
Outbreak the occurrence of disease within persons in excess of what
would normally be expected in a clearly defined community,
location, or time of year. An outbreak may only last for a
matter of days or weeks, but may last for years
Quarantine the separation and restriction of the movement of people who
were or are exposed to a contagious disease for a set period of
time, to see whether they become ill
is a term describing the changes that occur within virus's
Antigenic drift ribonucleic acid that changes the virus. Typically, these
changes create seasonal changes or new strains of a virus