APPLIED SOCIOLOGY

FOR NURSES
VIDYA.J
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CON,JIPMER
 INTRODUCTION
• Socius and logos(Latin and Greek) = Associate or companion and
study
• Meaning – science of society
• Auguste Comte – founder of modern sociology
• Herbert spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber
• Sociology is the study of society – Auguste Comte
• Sociology is a science that attempts the interpretative understanding
of social action to arrive at a causal explanation of its course and
effects – Max Weber
WHAT IS SOCIETY? MAN & CULTURE
MAN IS A LAICOS ANIMAL
• SOCIALIZED
• ORGANIZED
• COMMUNICATIVE
• IDEALISTIC
• ADAPTIVE
• LANGUAGE
 UNIT III – CULTURE
Describe culture and its impact on health and disease
• Nature, characteristic and evolution of culture
• Diversity and uniformity of culture
• Difference between culture and civilization
• Culture and socialization
• Transcultural society
• Culture, Modernization and its impact on health and disease

MAN (CULTURED/UNCULTURED) COMES IN CONTACT WITH HEALTH CARE

WORKERS IN ANY HEALTHCARE SETTING
 EXERCISE 1: MY CULTURE AND
HEALTH
1.Family and community – Family decision pertaining to health
2.Religion – Faith that god heals, so prayers
3.Perspectives on death and life – peaceful death
4.Gender role – both decide
5.Health beliefs – food and rest, hygiene, fresh air, ventilation(Nightingale theory), light
clothes
6.Beliefs about medication – home remedies, western medication
7.Responses to medication – food, positive thought
8.Food – soft diet, rasam rice with egg, something warm, less spicy
9.Water – hydrate, warm water
10. Elimination needs – should be as routine and comfortable
 KEY TERMS
Accumulative Counter culture
Acculturation Diversity
Acquired Economic status
Adaptive Evolution
Belief Idealistic
Culture Language
Cultural sensitive Migration
Cultural integration Mores
Cultural variation Norms
Cultural lag New inventions
Culture is social Organized
Communicative Socialization
KEY TERMS
KEY TERMS
NATURE, CHARACTERISTICS AND
EVOLUTION OF CULTURE
• Definitions of culture
• Nature of culture
• Characteristics of culture
• Structure of culture
• Types of culture
• Functions of culture
• Elements of culture
• Evolution of culture
DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE
NATURE OF CULTURE
NATURE OF CULTURE – What is born with
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE -
becomes
• Learned
• Shared
• Symbols
• Cumulative and continuous
• Consistent
• Language
• Variable
• Social
• Dynamic
• Adaptive
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE -
becomes
STRUCTURE OF CULTURE
 STRUCTURE OF CULTURE
• A cultural institution refers to an organization or establishment that
plays a significant role in preserving, promoting, and advancing
aspects of culture, heritage, and the arts.
• Pattern is an arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc. as a design.
• Trait is a quality that forms part of your character or personality.
• Complexes involves a lot of different but related parts,
difficult to understand or find an answer to because of having many
different parts
TYPES OF CULTURE
TYPES OF CULTURE
FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
• THOUGHTS
• ACTIONS
• SENSATION
• INGESTION
• DIGESTION
• ELIMINATION
• PERFUSION
• NUTRITION
• REGULATION
• PRODUCTION
• EXCRETION
FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
EVOLUTION OF CULTURE
EVOLUTION OF CULTURE
EVOLUTION OF CULTURE
DIVERSITY AND UNIFORMITY OF
CULTURE
• Cultural diversity
• Uniformity of culture
 EXERCISE 2: DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CULTURE IN INDIA AND HEALTH
• Greetings • Women’s health
• Main languages • Nutritional deficiencies
• Specific gestures and interaction • Traditional fertility practices
• Traditional family values • Pregnancy
• Ayurveda and homeopathy • Labour and delivery
• Traditional remedies • Postnatal care
• Western medicine stigmas • Religious ceremonies related to
• Diet and nutrition birth
• Death and dying • Adolescent health
• Health risks • Child health
• Healthcare • Spiritual practices
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
UNIFORMITY OF CULTURE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURE
AND CIVILIZATION
CULTURE AND SOCIALIZATION
TRANSCULTURAL SOCIETY
• Definition
• Factors influencing in the process of transcultural society
• Transcultural nursing
DEFINITION
FACTORS INFLUENTIAL IN THE
PROCESS OF TRANSCULTURAL
SOCIETY
TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
CULTURE, MODERNIZATION AND ITS
IMPACT ON HEALTH AND DISEASE
RECAP
 RECAP OF PREVIOUS CLASS -
CULTURE
• Definition of culture – complex, whole, includes(K,B,A,L,M,C,H), acquired, by man, member of society
• Nature of culture – integrated, social idealistic, transmissive, varies, gratifying
• Characteristics – Learned, Shared, Symbols, Cumulative and continuous, Consistent, Language, Variable,
Social, Dynamic, Adaptive
• Structure of culture - Cultural institution, Pattern, Trait, Complexes
• Types of culture – Ideal, real, material, non material
• Functions of culture – continuity, goods, knowledge, order, behaviour, personality, survival, career,
solutions, completes, conduct, socialization, prepares man for life
• Elements of culture - Symbols, language, normsm values, belief, folkways, mores, customs
• Evolution of culture - culture learning evolution – parents and others
• Diversity and uniformity of culture - geography, religion, language, food, culture etc but India
• Difference between culture and civilization - mind and body
• Culture and socialization – anticipatory socialization, role, personality, behaviour, Indian culture
• Transcultural nursing – sensitive, appropriate, component