Hat Task 1
HAT TASK 1
Karie N. Webb
Western Governors University
Student ID# 273217
1. Description of selected community based on the assessment.
Cultural assessment: Edgecombe County is a very rural community lying in the eastern section of North Carolina. The county has a population of 52,150 with the majority of the population being African American females with the median age group of this population being 38 years old and primary langue being English (Michelle B. Etheridge, MAEd, 2010). The culture of this population hinges greatly on their religious belief. The cultural group of this county is of Christian belief but more specifically Southern Baptist Convention (retrieved from http://www.city-data.com/county/Edgecombe_County-NC.html, January 14, 2013). In interviewing various members of the Southern Baptist religious group I have found that the culture of this group is a feeling of belonging and being joyful even during times of stress. Major stressors for this group are usually personal stressors, such as individual’s health or job status for example. These issues are often then brought to the groups’ church and prayed upon by the whole congregation and support is shown as a group to help individuals through their times of hardship. This group also believes in western medicine but believes in the power of healing by way of prayer and miracles from God. The culture of marriage for this group is the belief that marriage is viewed as being something sacred and this union should be between man and women and any relationship between same sex individuals is not viewed as valid. The group also believes that infidelity is a sin (retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention on January 16, 2013). The typical family structure of the southern Baptist is that of man and women in margarine possibly children with the man being the head of household. The view of conception is that children are a gift from God and they do not believe in
Karie N. Webb
Western Governors University
Student ID# 273217
1. Description of selected community based on the assessment.
Cultural assessment: Edgecombe County is a very rural community lying in the eastern section of North Carolina. The county has a population of 52,150 with the majority of the population being African American females with the median age group of this population being 38 years old and primary langue being English (Michelle B. Etheridge, MAEd, 2010). The culture of this population hinges greatly on their religious belief. The cultural group of this county is of Christian belief but more specifically Southern Baptist Convention (retrieved from http://www.city-data.com/county/Edgecombe_County-NC.html, January 14, 2013). In interviewing various members of the Southern Baptist religious group I have found that the culture of this group is a feeling of belonging and being joyful even during times of stress. Major stressors for this group are usually personal stressors, such as individual’s health or job status for example. These issues are often then brought to the groups’ church and prayed upon by the whole congregation and support is shown as a group to help individuals through their times of hardship. This group also believes in western medicine but believes in the power of healing by way of prayer and miracles from God. The culture of marriage for this group is the belief that marriage is viewed as being something sacred and this union should be between man and women and any relationship between same sex individuals is not viewed as valid. The group also believes that infidelity is a sin (retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention on January 16, 2013). The typical family structure of the southern Baptist is that of man and women in margarine possibly children with the man being the head of household. The view of conception is that children are a gift from God and they do not believe in
References: Michelle B. Etheridge, MAEd (Dec 2011). Edgecombe County State of the County Health Report http://www.city-data.com/county/Edgecombe_County-NC.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention www.edgecombecountync.gov