Heritage Health Assessment
Introduction
The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a set of questions used to examine an individual’s ethnic, cultural and religious heritage. HAT can be used to understand an individual’s health traditions. The answers to the questionnaire can be used to evaluate how an individual views of health maintenance, health protection and health restoration.
The author will review three different individuals culture heritage using the HAT. The cultures that are being compare for differences in health traditions of Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and European White Origin Americans. The review of HAT results will give insight to compare the differences of health traditions between these blended culture families.
Culture heritage is values, religious beliefs, and traditions developed by an ethnic group. United States population consists of a diverse group of multicultural individuals with different racial and ethnic groups; by using the HAT can help healthcare professionals to develop cultural competencies. Each culture beliefs of health are viewed differently.
Heritage Assessment Tool
The objective of the self-evaluation of the author and reviewing results from two peers was to compare the differences in health tradition between the three cultures. From the diverse group Asian/Pacific Islander American, Hispanic American and European White Origin American; all three individuals have blended cultures. The peers that precipitated in the HAT had parents that married outside of their own ethnic group. The author of this paper used their own HAT evaluation to gain knowledge of health tradition based of the cultural heritage. By using the HAT the answers can determine the family unit how to improve health and illness beliefs and practices.
This information obtained for HAT can also be used in Nursing. Understanding a patient culture heritage; the healthcare provider can better identify with the patient thoughts and fears regarding modern healthcare. A
The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a set of questions used to examine an individual’s ethnic, cultural and religious heritage. HAT can be used to understand an individual’s health traditions. The answers to the questionnaire can be used to evaluate how an individual views of health maintenance, health protection and health restoration.
The author will review three different individuals culture heritage using the HAT. The cultures that are being compare for differences in health traditions of Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and European White Origin Americans. The review of HAT results will give insight to compare the differences of health traditions between these blended culture families.
Culture heritage is values, religious beliefs, and traditions developed by an ethnic group. United States population consists of a diverse group of multicultural individuals with different racial and ethnic groups; by using the HAT can help healthcare professionals to develop cultural competencies. Each culture beliefs of health are viewed differently.
Heritage Assessment Tool
The objective of the self-evaluation of the author and reviewing results from two peers was to compare the differences in health tradition between the three cultures. From the diverse group Asian/Pacific Islander American, Hispanic American and European White Origin American; all three individuals have blended cultures. The peers that precipitated in the HAT had parents that married outside of their own ethnic group. The author of this paper used their own HAT evaluation to gain knowledge of health tradition based of the cultural heritage. By using the HAT the answers can determine the family unit how to improve health and illness beliefs and practices.
This information obtained for HAT can also be used in Nursing. Understanding a patient culture heritage; the healthcare provider can better identify with the patient thoughts and fears regarding modern healthcare. A
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