Health Disparities: Focus on the Filipino-American Population in the USA As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles‚ California‚ this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans‚ in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine’s Report on Unequal Treatment:
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Diaz. It’s easy to say “I am a Filipino”. But when can a person be considered as a true Filipino? In the movie‚ the word “Filipino” had different definitions. The word originally referred to a person of pure Spanish decency that was born in the country. However‚ a travelling Chinese merchant (Lim) born in the country was also considered as a Filipino. Based on these facts‚ being born in the country is one of the major criteria in order for one to be called a “Filipino”. Nicholas Ocampo‚ also called
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Introduction “Culture comprises of shared beliefs values‚ and practices that guide a group’s members in patterned ways of thinking and acting. Culture can also be viewed as a blueprint for guiding actions that impact care‚ health‚ and well-being” (Leininger & McFarland‚ 2006). “Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious‚ geographic‚ socio-economic‚ occupational‚ ability-or disability-related‚ and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. Each group has cultural
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Ian Nielsen SED 320 5-9-11 Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD I chose to look into teaching strategies for students with ADHD because my brother had ADHD. I was exposed to his experiences with it and his struggles in school. I remember how his actions seemed to express negative motives that really were just influenced by his ADHD. I remember the struggle my parents had with talking to other teachers who wrote off my brother’s actions for a lack of discipline‚ self-control‚ or respect
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3410- Health Disparities Research Paper December 2‚ 2012 Disparities in Mental Health Care with Regards to Racial and Ethnic Cofactors There are many significant differences among racial and ethnic groups pertaining to mental health and mental health services. Via this topic‚ disparities among racial and ethnic groups have arisen and been studied and researched in magnitude. Mental health disparities among racial and ethnic groups can be attributed‚ but not limited to: access to health care
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Teaching Strategies for Special Populations Felicia Adams Santos HCA 331 Prof. Amy Daly June 20‚ 2011 The things we do as health professionals happens to be a never ending job. That’s because there will always be a patient to educate and help them become their own self care agent. One of the many things we teach is either how to maintain their health or restore it. We also have to reach out to the families of the patients because they have
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Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Strategies During my PGCE placements I felt I have used a wide variety of assessment‚ teaching and learning strategies. I feel that this is absolutely necessary in terms of providing the best possible service to the pupils. To be repetitive‚ predictable and non-contemporary with such strategies is to compromise the effectiveness of your teaching and limit the chance of achieving your Learning Objectives. It is crucial at the outset to understand that the pupils under
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The KWL teaching idea strategy guided my thinking by forcing me to acknowledge what I already knew about the topic (activated my prior knowledge about the topic). Once I realized what I already thought that I knew (established a purpose for reading I desired to learn more about the United States. Therefore‚ I explored further by reading/reviewing the content and facts inside of the book titled “States and Capitals”. While doing so‚ I learned more facts about the states that I had already done
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The Filipino Filipino Family A typical Filipino Family is known for their close ties. Their relationship with each other is so close that they almost do not want to be apart from each other. That is why it is common to them having extended families. The lolo‚ lola and some titas and titos stays with the family. They also love doing things together. They eat together‚ pray together‚ etc. they also love celebrating especial occasions like birthdays‚ Christmas‚ etc together. Every member of the family
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Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines proposed a bill which suggest to limit the population birth rate and to balance the over population‚ This bill was recognize to be called as Reproductive Health Bill‚ which was the main focus of the study. The first time the Reproductive Health Bill was proposed was in 1998. During the present 15th Congress‚ the RH Bills filed are those authored by (1) House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman of Albay‚ HB 96; (2) Iloilo Rep. Janet Garin‚ HB
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