HE: Filipino 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

cultural characteristics

- ethnic
- ethocentrism
- ideology
- subculture
- transcultural
- worldview

acculturation

is a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjust to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into a new culture, or when another culture is brought to someone

Assimilation

the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society

Culture

the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organizations

competence

a complex integration of knowledge including professional judgment, skills, values, and attitude

cultural awareness

understanding of the differences between themselves and people from other countries or other backgrounds, esp. differences in attitudes and values

cultural diversity

multiculturalism, is a system that recognizes and respects the existence and presnce of divers groups of people within a society

cultural relativism

the view that a culture can only be understood and judge by the standards, behaviors, norm, and values within the culture and not by anything

ethnic

the term is to categorized groups of people according to their cultural expression and identification, racial, national tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin may be used to describe someone's ethnicity

ethocentrism

attitude that one's own social or cultural group is better than all others

ideology

it is a system of ideas that aspires both to explain the world and to change it

subculture

a group within a larger culture or society that has its own distinctive patterns of behaviors, beliefs, values, or interests.

transcultural

extending, encompassing, or combining elements of more than one culture.

worldview

comprehensive conception, apprehension, orientation, or perspective of the world from a specific standpoints or point of view.

8 characteristics of filipino

- hospitality
- respect
- strong family ties and religions
- generosity and helpfulness
- strong work ethics
- love and caring
- fatalism
- crab mentality

self medications

over the counter drugs

home remedies

Chinese oils or ointments

traditional healing techniques

albularyo (Folk healers)

belief in supernatural ailments

faith healers

laying of hands

a gesture that is a main rite and origin of the sacrament of confirmation

blessing of holy water

religious act

psychic surgery

pseudoscientific medical scam

spiritual healing

use of spiritual practices, such as prayer, for the purpose of curing of illness.

Purnell's framework: primary characteristic of culture

- nationality
- race
- color
- gender
- age
- religious affiliation

secondary characteristic of culture

- SES (Socio Economic Status)
- physical characteristics
- Educational status
- occupational status
- place of residential (urban or rural)

Purnell's model depicted in a circle

global society: outermost
community: second sphere
family: third sphere
individual: fourth sphere