usefulness of applying a heritage assessment in assessing the needs of persons as a whole‚ three different family’s opinions on health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. Moreover‚ the writer will identify health traditions as regards to cultural heritage of the writer‚ then how the three families interviewed in this paper practice their traditions and how important their rituals and practices are to them. The Usefulness of Applying a Heritage Assessment “Heritage is the full range
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Heritage Assessment NRS-429V | Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion John Thomas 3/24/13 The Heritage Assessment tool is primarily used as a device to evaluate health maintenance‚ health protection‚ and health restoration of a person’s cultural beliefs and values (Spector‚ 2006). This assessment helps aid in providing quality patient care in that it helps to meet and respect the needs of different types of people and their respective backgrounds (Spector‚ 2002). This particular
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Heritage Assessment Cheri Montoro Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Linda Gobin August 06‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment This paper will assess and discuss the usefulness of applying the Heritage Assessment tool to evaluate three different families each one from different cultural backgrounds consisting of Greek‚ Italian‚ and Hispanic ethnicities. This paper will also compare similarities and differences related to health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration and the cultural
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government has tried to preserve the cultural influence over Macau after 1999. By preserving the mixture of Eastern and Western cultures in Macau‚ it paved the way for the development of cultural tourism in Macau. Nowadays‚ the development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful. The culture of Macau is not merely gaming but the East-West cultural pluralism. Its successfulness in preserving the cultural heritage can be clearly shown when Macao’s Heritage (“The Historic Centre of Macao”)
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Heritage Assessment Introduction Over the past 20 years a significant social movement in America has amplified public awareness toward the promotion of health and disease prevention‚ known as Healthy People 2000 and 2010. It has been beneficial in changing the focus of health care from a reactive standpoint to a proactive one‚ which endorses national health and prevention of disease (Edelmam & Mandle‚ 2010). However delivery of health care objectives is not enough. Health providers must recognize
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Heritage Assessment Angel S. Winnie Grand Canyon University: NRS429V May 17‚ 2013 Heritage Assessment The heritage assessment tool is a checklist used by professionals to gain knowledge of patient’s culture and beliefs prior to initiating care. (Spector‚ 2000). There are many different cultures in this country‚ brining different beliefs in health‚ illness‚ recovery‚ death‚ and life. The heritage assessment tool is an important measure towards better understanding of cultural competency‚
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How is heritage significance assessed? Heritage professionals have developed ways of formally assessing the significance of natural and cultural heritage places. The following documents. listed in the Resources section of the guide‚ may provide some assistance: Natural Heritage Places - A handbook for conservation: Implementing the Australian Natural Heritage Charter for conservation of places of natural significance‚ 1998‚ Lorraine Cairnes‚ Australian Heritage Commission in association with
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Heritage Assessment Cultural heritage plays a big role in the economic‚ social and health promotion of the individual. The use of heritage assessment tools helps healthcare providers evaluate and look at someone’s heritage‚ as well as traditional health methods used to maintain health‚ protect health‚ and restore health; by applying these concepts it helps healthcare professionals deal with a person’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual beliefs. Different cultures have different values and beliefs
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Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool Sarah Potter Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0191 October 5‚ 2014 Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool In the United States today cultural diversity is growing more prevalent every day. The report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM: Unequal treatment‚ 2002) presented information that racial and ethnic minorities of all ages receive lower
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Heritage Assessment Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group. Cultural heritage is a set of traditions within the culture that is hand down from the older generation to the younger generation within the family. These traditions influence the family’s decisions in relation to their diet‚ education‚ daily living activities‚ religious beliefs and practices and also health and illness beliefs. In this paper‚ the author will focus on the usefulness of applying a heritage
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