CHAPTER 13

Question 1

Ageism

Answer 1

Prejudice/discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age.

Question 2

Cultural relativity

Answer 2

Principle that meaning is created by one’s culture and truth is culture specific; the same experience may carry different meanings to people of different cultures

Question 3

Culture shock

Answer 3

Failure to comprehend the culture in which one is living.

Ex:language, food,

Question 4

Ethnocentrism

Answer 4

Use of one’s own culture to judge the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and values of people of another culture
Ex: “my culture is better than…”

Question 5

Health disparity

Answer 5

A “particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage”
Ex: minority neighborhoods are more likely to not have good healthcare because of economic issues, food insecurity…

Question 6

Health equity

Answer 6

Attainment of the highest leevl of health for all peopl.

Question 7

Implicit bias

Answer 7

refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

Question 8

Key informants

Answer 8

Persons who know and will discuss certain aspects of their culture with someone outside that culture

Question 9

Racism

Answer 9

Oppression and exploitation of people of a different skin color or ethnic origin

Question 10

Stereotypes

Answer 10

Preconceived beliefs about a person or people

Question 11

Subculture

Answer 11

Beliefs held by a portion (e.g., occupational or age group) of the larger population

Question 12

Transcultural nursing

Answer 12

Synthesis of anthropology and nursing that focuses on the cultural dimension of care and recognizes that a person’s cultural background influences and determines both health and illness