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Due Tuesday, 31
August 2010
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You may use the following Web links or find similar Internet/Web links to understand the concept of folk medicine, sick role and body image. I suggest you Save or Download copies of these articles for your notebook if you want to use them during exams. ****Wikipedia is not a reliable source and no credit
is given for responses taken from Wikipedia other wiki web sites. Individuals and cultures have unique views on what health looks like and how illness should be treated. Different conditions (psychological and physical health problems) are acknowledged or cared for differently amongst cultural groups. For example, in some cultures mental illness is associated with a stigma. If someone is hallucinating or has a family member that is considered by that group to be abnormal, the person may hidden, left to survive on their own or ignored or shunned by other family members and the community. Cultural beliefs and values influence attitudes and subsequently actions of members of that group. 1. What does it mean to be healthy to you? In other words, what is your personal definition of health? 2.) How do you know you are ill? In other words what do you do when you are sick? How do you define illness? 3. List the four (4) key concepts (components) to the sick role. ( e.g., definition of health and illness)
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjcd/HST%202200/Sick%20Role.ppt,
Illness and Sick-Role Behavior: Encyclopedia of Public Health 8. Define
the term folk/home remedy. Media Literacy Introduction: Media Literacy refers to how media message influence society and also refers to consumer saavy in being able to discern reliable and credible sources of information from sources that are attempting to promote a political view or sell a product or service. While both facets of media literacy are important to health, our focus will be on refining one's skills in locating reliable ethnic minority health information. 1. Describe criteria that can be used to differentiate whether or not health literature (including web based) discussing health issues is credible and / or reliable. (Teague et al, 2009, Your Health Today, 2nd ed. Chap. 1 pages 14-17) Evaluation criteria for Internet information. | The CARS Checklist 2. Surf the Internet and locate three (3) quality ethnic minority health resources that you can use for this class. Copy and paste the URL's for the 3 web sites below. a. b.
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