Observational aspects of culture

Running head: CULTURAL AND CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IN HEALTH
CULTURAL AND CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IN HEALTH
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Introduction
Culture is the array of thoughts, traditions and practices shared by a specific people or
society. These examples recognize individuals as a feature of a gathering and recognize
individuals from different gatherings (Acharya et al., 2017). Given the quantity of
conceivable variables affecting any culture, there is normally incredible assorted variety
inside any social gathering. Summing up explicit attributes of one culture can be useful, yet
be mindful so as not to over-sum up (Betancourt et al., 2016). Being culturally competent is
very important for the sake of health care since the diverse population holds several cultural
health beliefs. The cultural change in regards to health and the healing beliefs is thought to be
an ongoing process and it should be remembered that not every individual of the society
holds exactly the same beliefs (Marsella & Pedersen, 2013). This paper aims to highlight the
cross cultural diversity that is present in the following three groups namely the Asian
Americans, the African American and the Pacific Islanders. Additionally the paper elucidates
that how the cultural diversity affects the mental and the physical health outcomes of these
groups.
Multicultural and diversity issues
The population of the Asian Americans is one of the fastest growing racial groups in
the context of United States. This population is viewed as one of the most diverse populations
which include almost 43 various ethnic groups who are indulged in speaking about 100
different languages or dialects. The diversity of population includes the Chinese, Asian
Indian, Korean, Japanese and others (Mesman, IJzendoorn & Sagi-Schwarz, 2016). The
cultural issues that might have an effect on the health belief system of the Asian people and
the treatment methods. Such cultural factors include language, the level of acculturation,
gender, age, and other factors like the occupational issues, family structures and the religious

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beliefs along with spirituality. Most of the time the patients are not able to discuss their
current moods mainly because of social stigma and shame.
African Americans are one of the biggest ethnic gatherings in the United States.
Information from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (2001) uncover
that there are approximately 34,333,000 African Americans living in the United States,
speaking to 12.1% of the aggregate populace. The African-American populace is relied upon
to increment to 40.2 million by 2010 (American Demographics, Inc. , 191 ) . Wellbeing
aberrations among the African-American populace include life expectancy, heart malady,
hypertension, baby ethical quality and morbidity rates, cancer, H I V/AIDS , type 2 diabetes
mellitus, and asthma (Lamb et al., 2014). The reason for this craftsmanship is to address the
issue of wellbeing aberrations among African Americans by furnishing nurses with a training
model of social fitness. African Americans are largely the relatives of Africans who were
brought persuasively to the United States as slaves somewhere in the range of 1619 and 1860.
The writing contains clashing reports of the correct number of slaves that arrived in the U.S.,
with changing assessments uncovering that somewhere in the range of 3.5 to 24 million
slaves arrived in the Americas amid the slave exchange time. African-American slaves
commonly settled in Southern states, and currently, over half of African Americans still live
in the South; 19% live in the North and Northeast, 9% live in the West , and 19% live in the
Midwest (Gay, 2013). The most noteworthy centralization of African Americans can be
found in metropolitan territories, with more than 2 million dwelling in New York City and
more than 1 million living in Chicago (Ong et al., 2013). Price & Mintz, (2013) affirms that
race is an issue for African Americans, and "the Black involvement" in America is
particularly from that of different foreigners, explicitly in terms of the all-encompassing time
of the foundation of bondage and the issue of skin shading as a methods for dehumanization
of Black people (George, Duran & Norris, 2014).