Filipino Cultural Characteristics
Expected Outcome
After the discussion, student are expected to:
Distinguish the difference of the Health Care Beliefs and
Practices
Discuss characteristics of culture
Utilize the theory of Transcultural Nursing
Examine ways in which transcultural nursing can serve as a
framework for meeting the learning needs of various ethnic
populations.
Cultural Characteristics
Knowledge of cultural customs enables health care providers to offer
better care and help avoid misunderstandings
Purnell’s definition of Terms
Acculturation
Assimilation
Culture
Competence
Cultural awareness
Cultural diversity
Cultural relativism
Ethnic
Ethocentrism
Ideology
Subculture
Transcultural
Worldview
Cultural Care Theory (Madeleine Leininger)
Transcultural Nursing The cultural care theory aims to provide culturally
congruent nursing care through
cognitively based assistive, supportive, facilitative, or enabling acts or
decisions that are mostly tailor-made to fit with individual's, group's, or
institution's cultural values, beliefs, and lifeways" (Leininger, M. M.,1995).
Aa substantive area of study and practice focused on comparative cultural
care (caring) values, beliefs and practices of individuals or groups of similar
or different cultures.
8 Characteristics of Filipinos:
Hospitality. This is one of the most popular qualities of Filipinos.
Respect. This is often observed—not just by younger people—but also by
people of all ages
Strong Family Ties and Religions
Generosity and Helpfulness. Filipinos are generous people
Strong Work Ethic
Love and Caring
Fatalism – “come what may”
Crab mentalityFilipinos Health Practice
Filipinos Health Practices and Beliefs
•self-medication – over the counter drugs
•home remedies – Chinese oils or ointments
•traditional healing techniques – albularyo (Folk healers)
•belief in supernatural ailments – faith healers
•concept of wind illnesses – Ventosa technique (to treat kabag)
•laying of hands
•blessing of holy water or oil
•psychic surgery
•spiritual healing
Purnell framework
Primary characteristics of culture
Nationality
Race
Color
Gender
Age
Religious affiliation
Secondary Characteristics of culture
SES
Physical charcateristics
Eduaction status
Occupational status
Place of residence (urban and rural)
Purnell model depicted in a circle:
Global society - outermost
Community - second sphere
Family – third sphere
Individual – fourth sphere
Nursing Managment of a Culturally diverse Groups
It is necessary to respect each patient's cultural heritage, belifs and
practices
A health care provider not fully aware of patient's background,
maybe unable to understand many of the patients health belif and
practices
Lack of knowledge and understanding may unintentionally turn what
should be therapeutic experience into degrading humuliating
experience for patients
When caring for patient be conscious of ethocentism
When planning for educational materila for patient whose primary
language is not english, must obtian interpreter
Purnell 19 assumptions
One culture is not better than another- they are
different
The primary and secondary characteristics of
culture determine the degree to which one varies
form dominant culture
Culture has a powerful influence on one’s
interpretation of and response to health care
Every individual has the right to be respected for his
own uniqueness and cultural heritage
prejudices or biases can be minimized with cultural
understanding
caregivers who are intervene in culturally
competent manner improve the care of patients
and their helath outcome
cultural differences often require adaptations to
standard professional practices
General areas to assess when first
meeting with patient
the patients perception of helath and Illness
His or her traditional remedies and folk practitioner
the patient perception of nurses
his or her beliefs about teh role of family and family
relationship
his or her perceptions of and need of emotional
support
Questions to be use to understand
patient perspective of health
what do you think caused your problems?
why do you think the problems started when it
did?
which major problems does your your illness
cause you?
how has being sick affected you?
how severe do you think your illness is? Do you see
it having a short or long term course?
What kind of treatment do you receive?
what are the most importnat result you hope to
obtain form your treatment
what do you fear most about your illness?
the following guidelines used
regardless of culture
identify patient primary langauge. Assess ability
to understand, read and speak the language of
the nurse
observe interaction between the patient and
and his family
Listen to patient. find out what the patient want
differs form what the family wants and how they
differ from what you think is appropriate
consider the patiet communication abilities and
pattern
observe behaviour and clarify beliefs and
practices that may interfere with the traetment
plan
become oriented to individual and family sense
of time and time frame
determine which communication approaches
are appropriate with respect
assess religous parctices and determine how his
or her religous belief influence perceptions of
illness and treatment
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