FL390 (EX20) OS - Hispanic Culture in Health Care

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This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class. Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation.

Textbook

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Students will use “Quality Health Services for Hispanics: The Cultural Competency Component” published and written by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health published in 2001. It may be found in numerous places on the web, but here is one source on the US Health Resources and Services Administration website.
 

Course Description

This course is designed to provide you with a better understanding of Hispanic culture.  There are many populations who live in the United States, but for purposes of this course, discussion will  primarily focus on persons from Central and South America.  There are cultural issues of family, religion, and respect to name a few that affect how Hispanics perceive health services. In addition, Hispanic populations are at risk for certain illness more so than non-Hispanics. This course will explore those in detail and for a final project students will develop a possible outreach or education program to address a health care need for Hispanics.

Course Objectives

1. Students will have a better understanding of the Hispanic demography in the United States.

2. Students will learn about the cultures of Central and Latin America, including but not limited to, language, cultural beliefs, family dynamics, and interpersonal relationships.

3. Students will demonstrate the importance of these cultural traits in caring for Hispanics in the health care setting through case studies and article reviews.

4. Students will observe in the hospital setting various cultures and learn that there are many cultures and sub-cultures including those of demographic, religious, and economic backgrounds.

5. Students will synthesize their learning in a final project in which they identify a local community need, do a needs analysis, use adaptations learned in the course, and describe an outreach project.  It will include scope, cost, audience, health care need, and cultural adaptations necessary to serve the Hispanic population.