Puerto Rica: Health and wellness Presentation 2022

PUERTO RICA: HEALTH
AND WELLNESS

INTRODUCTION
As the heterogeneity of the United States’
communities is increasing.it is essential for the
healthcare professionals to develop their cultural
competencies according to the health beliefs and
practices of their patients to deliver optimum
treatment.
It requires a transient shift of the health care
professionals from their integral biomedical
principles to acknowledge the belief system of a
particular cultural group.
The traditional ethnomedical belief system of
Puerto Rico regulate their way of maintaining
health and treating illnesses (Purnell & Fenkl,
2019).
Hot and cold theory of illness of
traditional Puerto Rico community

BALANCE AND HARMONY
• Health is a state of harmony and equilibrium.
• An imbalance in any of the following spheres causes ‘dis-ease’ or illnesses
(Purnell & Fenkl, 2019).
Aspects
of
health
Internal
body
Psycholo-
gical
health
Social
well-
being
Spiritual
prosperit
y
Approach of nurses to cope with Puerto Rico health beliefs

EMOTIONS-A CAUSE OF ILLNESS
• Uncontrolled emotions as a cause of
illness is believed as an extension of
the traditional Puerto Rican beliefs of
balance and harmony.
Disorders
due to
emotional
imbalance
Nerves
Ataque
de
nervois
Stress
High
blood
pressur
e
asthma
Nursing interventions for care