Throughout the book Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing Trorrer and Chavira make mention of el Niño Fidencio in countless areas of the book. It is mentioned that one of the most important spiritualist movement is based on “the life teaching‚ and the spirit of a famous young folk healer (now dead) from northern Mexico el Niño Fidencio” (1997:35). Even today el Niño is an important figure in many aspects of the belief system and practice associated with the Curanderismo folk healing. History
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Introduction Traditional healers also known as curanderismo are important part of Latin American culture‚ society and a way of life. Traditional healers have been a part of Latin American culture for thousands of years and even today are considered as important as the traditional health care professionals (Avila‚ 1999). The services of these healers are used extensively and they are well respected and admired members of the community. Not anyone can be a healer and in order to become one a special
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Trials http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/pdf/s4926e/s4926e.pdf (accessed Jan. 18‚ 2013) Medical Spanish.com (2013). Mal de ojo. http://www.medicalspanish.com/cultural-topics/mal-de-ojo.html (accessed Jan 18‚ 2013) Trotter RT‚ Chariva JA (1997). Curanderismo.: Mexican American Folk Healing. (pg. 25)
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Mexican culture has been characterized as an accepted background of values: familism‚ respeto and simpatia (respect and congeniality)‚ curanderismo (folk healing)‚ religiosity/spirituality‚ and the importance of language are among the most important (Cultural Responses to Health Among Mexican… 2007). In a typical Mexican family‚ the father is the breadwinner. The man can also be known as a machismo. Machismo is refer to as manliness and has positive and negative views in reference to it. The man
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Holistic Pain Management Holistic self-care methods are a viable alternative to drug-dependent side effects‚ and expensive‚ hi-tech intervention. Pain is a widespread affliction in the population of the United States. A result most often of disease‚ injury‚ or surgery‚ physical pain ranges in severity from the short-term acute pain associated with bumped knees‚ scraped elbows‚ and minor burns to deep‚ chronic pain resulting from nerve damage or unspecified causes. In a National
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attempting to facilitate cooperation between indigenous practitioners and those trained in Western allopathic biomedicine. This chapter describes two ethnomedical systems (the North American Navajo tradition and the South American Peruvian Pachakuti curanderismo) in terms of two different models‚ one designed by Siegler and Osmond (1974)‚ and one designed by a task force of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Each of these indigenous systems are found to be comprehensive‚ covering each facet
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Healings are frequently used by the lower class due to the services being less expensive compared to modern medicine practices. Folk healing in particular deals with several cultures for example the healers include African American folk healers‚ Curanderismo healing‚ and American Indian healing. Many of the remedies are passed down from generations due to historical experiences of the patient’s family or ethnic group. Examples of these remedies include ginger tea‚ honey‚ lemon juice‚ garlic‚ salt‚
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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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The United States is comprised of many cultures within a culture. America is composed of a variety of people who all have different beliefs and traditions‚ as well as their own unique set of beliefs regarding their healthcare practices. One such group is the Hispanic Americans who have their own very diverse cultural group. As individuals‚ they are just like anybody else in any other culture. However‚ it is worthwhile for a nurse caring for someone from this culture to know what their distinct cultural
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Heritage Assessment By‚ Genethia Guerrero Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Health Promotion 04/17/2011 Jose Alejandro Every individual has a cultural heritage. Each culture views the world differently. Culture is an inherited characteristic and includes knowledge‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ skills‚ likes and dislikes. The fundamental role of cultural heritage is uniting‚ respecting the diversities and brings people together to face the future by informing‚ perceiving and give importance to
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