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Diversity in the health care setting
Diversity in the health care setting
Cultural differences vs cross cultural communications
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Communication is always a good way for one to express their thoughts. I interviewed two different people who were of separate races and ethnicities to learn about their experiences in the U.S. healthcare system. The interviews asked questions that centered around their racial and ethnic background and how their identities influenced their privileges or discrimination of or by health care officials. The two people I interviewed were from my physical therapy building. This was a great way to determine race and ethnicity seeing how the physical therapist is Indian and his assistant is Pacific Islander Filipino. Within public health, we see plenty of different races and ethnicities all around us. It is safe to say that an issue that emerged from …show more content…
A few of the questions in my interview that got answered really surprised me. One of the questions in which differed with each interview was the questions about knowing exactly when you realized what race or ethnic group you were from. These earliest moments in which they realized they were from a particular racial or ethnic group came from the heart on this one. My physical therapist said, “This would have to be the time (name) and I were looking for apartments down the street from here…We found a very nice home where there were these men outside working on the house so we figured we would go over and ask them about it. It turns out, that they told us we could never afford this area. It was then I realized that my race was being used against me in one automatically judging us based on how we looked…” On the other hand, his assistant said, “Hmm, I definitely have to think about this one. I think for myself, my earliest memory was not being able to speak English and having that define the language and culture barriers for myself...” This is a major discrepancy with relation to communication issues with not being able to speak English and being discriminated against because of race and …show more content…
My physical therapist insisted that “Ones race does influence their health. In example, this is shown in obesity within different races and ethnic groups. Not only are they obese because they may not have enough resources to provide decent food for their families. Obesity also plays a role because of their socioeconomic status...” Meanwhile, his assistant had a similar view, but she had a different reasoning behind her answer making it slightly intriguing to listen to. “I believe one race is more prone to certain illnesses based on the scientific studies, such as diabetes...” Although their answers may seem similar as to saying that ones race or ethnicity influences one’s health, their reasoning behind this was very different. Stating how they felt about this question really showed just how diverse our race or ethnicity can influence our thoughts. One interviewer was Indian and one was Pacific Islander Filipino, and yet one can tell from their answers that they think differently likely because of their identities, their race and
Annette Dula would suggest that the need for dialogue with African Americans should be recognized as a serious bioethical problem. I would suggest that health care providers should have a different dialogue to get a better understanding of their patients. I agree with the three health disparities: institutional racism, economic equality, and attitudinal barriers to access. Having language signs so that staff can identify language preferences to obtain the appropriate language services. Your practice should have basic instructions for patients to follow.
In conclusion, It it is very necessary that our health care officials try harder to gain trust with minorities so that medicine can be focused more on equality. We all know that for decades our country was very diverse and everyone was treated differently. Although things have changed and it is sometimes important to preserve our past, past actions should not still be carried out. Even today, racism still occurs and it hard for minorities to feel safe when visiting hospitals and doctor’s offices. Minorities should be given equal medical opportunities, be given the honest truth on their diagnosis and treatments and most importantly be given some sort of health care so they can be treated.
The sketch comedy in SNL has been poking fun at ethnic and racial stereotypes, as well as presidents or other high-profile political figures. SNL continuously pokes fun at common stereotypes and government officials – just watch some of their skits on Italian stereotypes, like “Corksoakers” or “Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Town Hall Debate.” In a way, these sources are here to teach people, even though the skits may be slanted a certain way. Iain Ellis brings up other comedy-news shows, like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, in his article “Political Humor and Its Diss Contents.” These shows sparked in popularity due to their ability to spread news in the form of entertainment and the fact that the anchors “offer a more open-minded and informed alternative, one which takes pride in digging for truths and in providing additional perspectives and points-of-view” (Ellis, 151). News/Comedy shows use their prevalence in today’s society to an advantage in that they know people watch and listen to them. They can sway people in ways to cause social change. If someone watches their show and agrees with them, then their audience is eager to look for a way to change something – whether it be to protest or even joke about the topic at
The disparities in the healthcare system contribute to the overall health status disparities that affect ethnic and racial minorities. The sources of ethnic and racial healthcare disparities include cultural barriers, geography differences, or healthcare provider stereotyping. In addition, difficulties in communication between health care providers and patients, lack of access to healthcare providers, and lack of access to adequate health care coverage
Humor throughout the world has a large effect on how culture is classified. Rebecca Krefting cites “communication studies scholar and humor expert Judith Yaross Lee [as saying], “American humor reveals the state of the nation” (26). A very famous actor, Kevin Hart, has been in many stand-up comedy skits and movies throughout his life. For example, Hart has been in Central Intelligence, Get Hard, and stand-up acts, “White man laugh”, “Swearing at my teacher” and many more. All his comedic appearances include silly, wacky, and ridiculous humor. Harts comedy appearances have affected people’s interest in relationships, and the use of language.
Have you ever stereotyped someone because of their race? For example, all Mexicans like tacos. In a stand-up comedy show Maz Jobrani jokes about middle-eastern people. He gives an example on bombings and hijacks and him being Iranian and the things that have happened to him. Maz Jobrani uses humor in his stand-up comedy show to make his audience laugh about how people are stereotyping other races. He builds up the story to make sure his audience is ready for his punch lines and gets ready for the audience to break into laughing tears. He gives structure by acting out like different people. He used word choice and tried to not get people that offended that would make him look like a bad person. Overall Maz used this kind of structure to let people know that people shouldn’t try to judge people of their race and try not to think of their past but the present.
At this time, controversial topics are really hard to talk about without offending someone. Nowadays you could potentially offend someone just by saying one wrong word. But some comedians are able to talk about these controversial topics in a way that doesn’t spark negative backlash. Trevor Noah is a comedian from South Africa who talks about his life during apartheid. In his comedic bits he talks about apartheid and he is able to make fun of it even though he grew up in apartheid. In this essay I will use Trevor Noah’s book, Born a Crime, and one of his stand up bits to show that humor is an effective way to talk about sensitive or serious topics or events.
Intercultural communication is type of communication which people from different cultures and groups share information. The occasion where significant basically cultural differences made effective intercultural communication a challenge between me and my friend here in America was about bride price. In my culture bride price is paid by groom to the family of the girl who is going to marry. The bride price symbolizes as a promise to always love and protect. It serves as reassurance to the bride’s parents that the daughter they love with all their heart will be in good hands. The bride price does not represent the value of a women and it was never intended to. Its present a promise to love and respect a women. But my friend who is the citizen here and was born here told me that in America there is no like this culture anymore, they do not pay any bride price to groom or to the bride.
When individuals or groups from different cultures communicate, this process is called intercultural communication. The transaction process of listening and responding to people from different cultural backgrounds can be challenging. The greater the difference in culture between two people, the greater the potential of misunderstanding and mistrust. Misunderstanding and miscommunication occur between people from different cultures because of different coding rules and cultural norms, which play a major role in shaping the patterns of interaction (Jandt, 2012).
With an increase in globalization, many people venture into other countries to seek employment and education opportunities. The United States-based corporations employ over 100 million overseas workers. They also hire a large number of locals who then move to take roles in other countries where the company has operations (Reichard et al. 2015). This means that Americans are exposed to a high number of people from other nations with diverse cultures in their workplaces, schools, neighborhoods and other social places. Therefore, people need to improve their intercultural communication skills to enable them to interact efficiently with people with diverse cultures. The improvement of technology has made the media an agent for enhanced
Intercultural communication is an evolving discipline that encapsulates the interactions between individuals or groups from different backgrounds. Diversity and the need for cultural awareness are forever increasing, and this solidifies the direction in which diversity will take in the future. Intercultural communication is going to be a tremendous part of our future and as individuals it will be part of our personal, social and professional relationships.
I wasn 't quite sure what I was getting into when I first enrolled in Intercultural Communications. I had assumptions as to the goals of the course such as I would be learning about the way cultures interact with each other, learn about communication in general, or I would be learning about the ways we use communication through our culture. I think that I achieve the latter goal, but I also gained knowledge about more then just my culture. I came to realize that there is more to a culture than just language, appearances, and customs, which are aspects of culture that could be seen above the waterline, or they are more noticeable/obvious to someone outside of that culture. There are aspects of culture that are below the waterline, or more
In the contemporary global economy which can be categorized as dynamic and evolutionary in nature, one needs to be cognizant of change that is inevitable within the tourism industry. Due to the demands of the global customer the world can be viewed as being more so inter-connected, owing to this fact the traditional workplace has become more diverse. With diversity in mind the barriers to communication have become prevalent. Within the ambit of the essay such barriers to intercultural communication outlined by LaRay M. Barna shall be explored; anxiety, assuming similarity instead of difference, ethnocentricity, stereotypes and prejudice, nonverbal misinterpretations, language and modern technology will be further discussed. In going forward it is essential to define culture and communication.
Many people who go to visit or work in another country suffer some misunderstanding from the local people, because they have a different culture. Different culture will cause disparity points of view about almost everything. In the article, Intercultural Communication Stumbling Blocks by Laray M. Barna, there are five stumbling blocks mentioned that are seen in a cross-culture communication. These blocks are: language, nonverbal signs and symbols, preconceptions and stereotypes, the tendency to evaluate and high anxiety. Barna wants to use these stumbling blocks to show the common blockades between different cultures. I agree with what she thinks about the language, nonverbal signs and symbols, preconceptions and stereotypes, and the tendency
Humans have been communicating since four million years. On the other hand, the birth of culture is estimated to have taken place about 35,000 years ago. Today, both culture and communication have evolved considerably and have become interdependent of one another, to the point that communication is considered to be a product of culture. Thus, our own culture has a deep impact on our thoughts and behaviors. Since each culture has its distinct aspects, intercultural communication can be the cause of conflict and disorder. There are three main issues which are at the root of the problem of intercultural miscommunication : language as a barrier, cultural diversity and ethnocentrism. I will analyze these three notions in situations in which intercultural communication is frequent such as : the workplace, the classroom and vacation trips.