such culture that has little recognition is the Hmong‚ a small tribe in the mountainous region of Laos. After the Vietnam War‚ the United States experienced a high number of immigrant refugees from Southeast Asia‚ including the Hmong. A clash of cultures occurred as the Hmong and Americans tried to live together in unity. Perhaps one of the greatest contrasts is the way health is defined. The conceptualization of illness and its treatment in the Hmong community differs greatly from the biomedical model
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Misunderstanding #1 In my first example I was the sender. My role in the conversation is the District Manager. As the district manager at J P Morgan Chase‚ there are times when I have to engage in difficult conversations with my subordinates. I’ve got one subordinate in particular named Gayle who is the receiver of a specific message. She has always been unaccountable for her actions and typically combative towards anyone who is providing her with negative feedback. During our reading assignment
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Communication Misunderstanding Assignment 1.1 Example 1 Who was the sender? My line supervisor (EA sports packaging and distribution) Who was the receiver? Me (Machine Operator) What was the message? “Pick it up!” What channel was used to send the message? Verbal What was the misunderstanding that occurred? I did not understand how much I should “pick it up.” The result was me turning my machine up to a speed that caused issues further down the line and eventually halting production.
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In the United States‚ the Hmong American community has the largest youth population with half of its population being under the age of 18 years old.In addition‚ Hmong students have one of the lowest bachelor degree attainment rates across all racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore‚ there is a big gender difference among the rates in which Hmong male and females attend and complete college. Based on the 2013 Hmong National Development Conference report‚ roughly 29.9% of Hmong American females reported
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When Your Patient is a Hmong Refugee‚ under the American Journal of Nursing‚ provides guidelines to the medical community in how to effectively understand Hmong patients. To understand this subject‚ author Betty Rairdan and Zana Rae Higg‚ conducted interviews with 13 families from five different clans‚ all refugee families and have resettled in Washington. The families‚ mentioned many similar ideas that were presented in The Spirit Catches You And You Fall. For instance‚ all families mentioned the
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the other girl peaceful sleeping face. She smiled to herself when she remembered the embarrassing situation earlier. "Huh?" "That’s not what I mean! You’re misunderstanding .. Oh my god." Chaeyoung fanning her face that suddenly felt hot because of the question that had just rolled out of her mouth. She knows Mina also misunderstandings judging by the girl’s face that suddenly turned red as a tomato. She cupped her face after in embarrasment. "Nevermind please forget about it‚ I’ll
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The Misunderstanding of Gluten Consumption Have you ever heard of the word Gluten and what it is? Gluten is a substance that can be used to make baked goods that have an elastic texture of dough. It has changed the lives of many both good and bad; positively because people enjoy eating it since it taste so good‚ but negatively it has caused many people to become sick and die because gluten was part of their daily diet for such a long time. Celiac Disease is developed from the consumption of gluten
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1.1. List your culture? Answer Shona culture 1.2 List the other person’s culture Answer Xhosa culture 1.3 Distinguish according to Hofstede ‚ any four differences between your culture and that other person’s culture and provide an example for each dimension? Answer. Individualism vs collectivism. The xhosa people have tightly knitted social frame networks‚ their primary concern is the entire group compared to a single person. Members depend strongly on extended family groups and
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Wallace 1 Marie Wallace Dr. Butts Eng 364 I 14th May 2014 Arranged Marriages in the Hmong Culture versus American Culture The ability to make decisions for who to marry is not up to the bride and groom in Hmong culture. The mother’s and father’s usually have the say and authority of accepting a marriage proposal. In the United States people who do have arranged marriages are seem to be unhappy or forced into them for money or based on successfulness in the spouse and not because of being in love
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towards the Hmong community of this city?” Indeed‚ the answer to this question is decisive for the rest of the development of the thesis. This question makes it possible to know who took the initiative to organize this festival. In the case the initiative was taken by the town hall of Aubigny‚ this would signify a real commitment on the part of the French government to be interested in this community‚ and to open the doors on a relationship to fill the mutual lack of knowledge of their cultural practices
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