Empowering communities is an important part of health promotion, but it is quite hard to implement the concept of culture and empowerment within a working health promotion programme (Laverack, 2003). Culture cannot be defined in any one single definition, culture can be shared, taught, and is passed down from one generation to another (Kreuter, Lukwago, Bucholtz, Clark & Sanders-Thompson, 2003). Culture is viewed as a group’s values, norms and simply just the way of life (Kreuter, Lukwago, Bucholtz, Clark & Sanders-Thompson, 2003). Many different models have been established which incorporate different values and beliefs of different cultural groups; these models incorporate the key ideas and principles of community development and overall health in regards to the specific cultures. Culture also has a huge impact on community development and also aids in the empowerment of the community (Williams, 2004). As health promoters it is important to understand the values and beliefs of other cultures, and use those values and beliefs to empower and develop communities. Health promoters need to understand the key principles of community development, how culture impacts community development and also have a clear understanding about the Treaty of Waitangi, and use the Treaty of Waitangi in health promotion practise (Kreuter, Lukwago, Bucholtz, Clark & Sanders-Thompson, 2003).
Community development can vary between communities, due to differences in culture, beliefs, values, and a range of other different factors which effects community development. There are still a few principles of community development which ultimately remain the same no matter where or what cultural beliefs a community may have. Within a health promotion context when ...
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As a public health worker, I envision myself within the context of community organizing in a nonprofit organization setting. Community organizing in such a setting would require tactics that focus on empowerment to address inequity, community-based participatory research to evaluate the organizing process and address power dynamics related to differences, and an ...
...ementing health promotion strategies as identified in CHINAC standard (2008) and Ottawa Charter (1986). To enable the community to increase control over and improve their health status (WHO, 1986
In the chronological, descriptive ethnography Nest in the Wind, Martha Ward described her experience on the rainy, Micronesian island of Pohnpei using both the concepts of anthropological research and personal, underlying realities of participant observation to convey a genuine depiction of the people of Pohnpei. Ward’s objective in writing Nest in the Wind was to document the concrete, specific events of Pohnpeian everyday life and traditions through decades of change. While informing the reader of the rich beliefs, practices, and legends circulated among the people of Pohnpei, the ethnography also documents the effects of the change itself: the island’s adaptation to the age of globalization and the survival of pre-colonial culture.
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A community can be defined as a group of people, who live, learn, work and play in an environment at a given time. (Yiu, 2012, p.213) There are many factors that may influence the community’s development and health status. These can include resources available, accessibility, transportation, safety, community needs etc… These influences may combine together to form community strengths and as well as community challenges or weaknesses. As a community health care nurse, it is significant for us to assess and identify these strengths and challenges within the community in order for us to intervene and provide the appropriate needed health care services for the community members. This individual scholarly paper will explore and focus on one challenge issue identified from our group community assessment.
In conclusion, this essay has identified and discussed two approaches in health promotion. It also applied these approaches to a life style problem analysing the stand the health promoter takes in each approach plus the contribution individuals and communities make with emphasis on how much the strategies adopted addresses inequality. The community approach highlighted the importance of collaboration and participation in building capacity in the community while it discussed the need to conduct evaluation in both approaches. Finally policies which relate to the identified life style issue were discussed.
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Therefore, providing culturally appropriate services for people has significant role for health professional; the main reasons of this is culturally appropriate services are linked inextricably with the health of the clients. According to Oda & Rameka (2012), in 1980s, Maori were experience racial discrimination and that is linked to higher rate of illness on Maori, such as mental illness, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, mortality, and health-risk behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol consumption. This is the results of unfair health service. During to the research (Oda & Rameka, 2012), people are more attempt not to see the doctor when they are experiencing discrimination and it makes their mortality higher than other non- Maori. Another factor could be Maori are not unable to access the health information and there was poor health literacy in that era and they were not able to understand different disease and lack of health education of living with a healthy lifestyle (Oda & Rameka, 2012). A classic example can be seen in the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, at the era, people did not know the repercussion of tobacco and alcohol use, but if they were able to access the information they would understand the
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To accomplish this in an efficient way, health promotion is targeted towards the population, through building social interventions, such as promoting proper eating habits. Health promotion does not focus on the negative influences on health. Instead, it aims to enhance the level of well-being through a safe environment, to prevent disease (Potter, 2010). Many public health organizations around the world agree that promotion of health is an effective method to bring knowledge and decision making skills to citizens, whilst reducing the consequences such as treatment and hospitalization (World Health Organization,
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In closing, the Ta tatau short story by Emma Kruse Va’ai can be a great source of history for the Samoan people. As illustrated in the above scope, the author profoundly and comprehensively
The Treaty of Waitangi is a very important document to New Zealand. It is an agreement that was drawn up by representatives of the British Crown and Maori Hapu and Iwi. It was first signed at the Bay of Islands on February 6th, 1840. There has been a lot of debate over the years about the translation of words between the English and Te Reo Maori versions of the text and the differences in the word meaning over the who languages. In this assignment I am going to cover the rights and responsibilities that the treaty contains and an explanation of the differences in wordings and I am also going to contextualise my understanding of the differences of wording against the Maori Worldview and the Declaration of Independence.