HHS 307 Week 5 Assignment
The Impact of Culture on Communication in the Health Care HHS 307 Communication Skills for Health & Human Personnel
Instructor: Erica Williams
11/18/13
“Maybe, the best way to understand culture and its relevance to a people is to think back upon one’s own family of origin (your culture of origin)….your roots….where you come from…and how it shaped you or failed to shape you. To deny the impact it has had on your development or upon your psyche would appear to be plain foolishness by most folks…and so it is. Just like “Your body is from what you eat”…”You are from where you came from.””(allnurses.com)
You need to be able to understand what culture means to be able to understand this topic. Each group has their own way of beliefs, values, rules and customs that they live by is used to show all the patterns of behavior. Each person’s health-related values, beliefs and behaviors interacts in what their culture is and is involved in their clinical care. The self-beliefs a person has for his co-workers and society is what culture refers to. This type of culture has an impression on the point of communication. When it comes to cultural communication the first and foremost thing is the knowledge of health care. All steps that are taken for the betterment and the results that they get are good ones. The results that is gotten always lays an impact on one. Such as the culture of a people. Culture always has to do with the communication of people. There has been a lot of research in this area.
There has been a lot of research that has indicated that the healthcare teams member’s positive relationships and communication skills with a patient shows the patient’s ability to understand the healthcare members instructions and follow through with them.
“The impact of sociocultural factors, race, ethnicity, and
Instructor: Erica Williams
11/18/13
“Maybe, the best way to understand culture and its relevance to a people is to think back upon one’s own family of origin (your culture of origin)….your roots….where you come from…and how it shaped you or failed to shape you. To deny the impact it has had on your development or upon your psyche would appear to be plain foolishness by most folks…and so it is. Just like “Your body is from what you eat”…”You are from where you came from.””(allnurses.com)
You need to be able to understand what culture means to be able to understand this topic. Each group has their own way of beliefs, values, rules and customs that they live by is used to show all the patterns of behavior. Each person’s health-related values, beliefs and behaviors interacts in what their culture is and is involved in their clinical care. The self-beliefs a person has for his co-workers and society is what culture refers to. This type of culture has an impression on the point of communication. When it comes to cultural communication the first and foremost thing is the knowledge of health care. All steps that are taken for the betterment and the results that they get are good ones. The results that is gotten always lays an impact on one. Such as the culture of a people. Culture always has to do with the communication of people. There has been a lot of research in this area.
There has been a lot of research that has indicated that the healthcare teams member’s positive relationships and communication skills with a patient shows the patient’s ability to understand the healthcare members instructions and follow through with them.
“The impact of sociocultural factors, race, ethnicity, and