As with many nationalities Hispanic applies to a variety of people and as such we as social workers have to be mindful of our perceptions and any biases. In social workers pursuit to provide services it is vital that they have an understanding of their clients’ culture. The Hispanic population is a collection of a multitude of people from several ethnic backgrounds and as they grow the demand for competent/ diverse social workers increases. Social workers are tasked with building a trusting relationship
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Hispanic Culture is known for it’s bright colors and festivities‚ but what most people don’t know is that the Hispanic culture has a lot of background and traditions that have been held for years. Like the Day of the Dead‚ Cinco de Mayo‚ and Sanfermines‚ the Quinceñera is very prominent in all Hispanic culture. But‚ these aren’t just celebrations they are symbols. In particular‚ these festive celebrations have many age old traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. For example
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Assuming the demographic changes about Hispanics are accurate‚ comment on how this shift changes the segmentation in the grocery and the fast food industries. For example‚ if a grocery store that you visit frequently currently has about 15% of its space dedicated to Hispanics should that be changed now in light of the demographic research? Be sure to use key demographic and lifestyle facts and figures about these markets and their consumers. The Hispanic population in the U.S. has been growing for
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Diversity “Providing Culture-Sensitive Healthcare to Hispanic/Latino Patients” A Hispanic patient with a high fever may resist cold compress because their theory of “hot” and “cold” imbalance. They use hot things to cure cold and cold thing to cure the body being “hot”. For instance within the American medical field we use heat foe hot. If you’re running a fever things that makes you sweat it out are better. So the difficulties that the Hispanic patient will bring is simply not following the physician’s
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Who Constitute the Hispanics? The term ‘Hispanic’ recognizes people whose cultural ancestry lies first in Spain and then in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America which comprises of Mexico‚ Central America and most of South America except Brazil‚ and several Caribbean nations. The term gained wide spread prominence only after the 1960s. (Jorge Iber‚ 2005:6). Spanish and Portuguese explorers and settlers began to arrive in America in the early 1500s. With the intermingling of different communities
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Hispanic Activism in 1960’s Living as a Hispanic individual during the 1950’s and 1960’s proved to be difficult. This struggle was widely seen in the rural Hispanics schools. Many students in schools of east LA lived this while many not knowing it. Just going to school‚ not being allowed to speak Spanish‚ and many of whom live with low expectations from their intellectual peers better known as teachers. Only a selected few would be “smart” enough to be eligible to go to college. One of those
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Coming from a low income Hispanic family‚ I’ve had to overcome different challenges. One thing I recall from my childhood‚ was enjoying myself from reality. Reality in which no child knows about life and death‚ bad news and good news‚ or right from wrong. I still remember when I was upset for quite some time for not celebrating my first birthday party at the age of 4. Instead‚ at 4 years old‚ I had to spent my birthday and week at a funeral praying up to two weeks. But then I was finally triggered
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It’s tradition to have a quinceañera when a girl turns fifteen in the Hispanic culture. The reason for that is to celebrate the coming of womanhood and maturity. Well it’s beem like that over a long period of time‚ and even though that tradition is still happening today‚ the purpose of that tradition has pretty much faded. Now a days the only reason to have a quinceañera is to throw a big party‚ have the biggest and prettiest dress‚ and to dance all night. I in that case had a quinceañera for that
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and influences of the Hispanic culture which is different from my own discussion their perception of communication‚ space‚ social organization‚ time‚ environmental control‚ as well as biological variations. I will also explain how gaining the awareness of the Hispanic ethnicity can influence the care that I provide for them. Communication varies among cultures; Spanish is the primary spoken language of the Hispanic culture. They are very expressive with friends and family and non-communication
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Hispanic families and children are presented with many obstacles especially in accessing health care. The language barrier and lack of insurance make it difficult for them to access sustainable medical care. As a result‚ they become prone to communal diseases that are either water or air-borne. Hispanics and Latinos normally live in communities where their culture values relationships and the communal unit. This makes them more exposed to health hazards especially when there is an outbreak of a particular
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