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| culture | a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and behaviors that is shared by a common social group and is passed down through generations of family |
| cultural sensitivity | observing and demonstrating knowledge of culturally appropriate verbal language, body language, use of personal space, and gestures of respect toward family members |
| cultural competence | awareness of, acceptance of, and respect for beliefs, values, traditions, and practice that are different from one's own |
| cultural stereotyping | assumption that all the people of one culture behave the same way and believe the same thing |
| beliefs | cultural teachings of practices and values that are handed down for generations and determine how one behaves and responds to daily life and health-care practices |
| values | deep feelings about what is right or wrong, good or bad |
| ethnicity | a cultural pattern shared by people with the same cultural heritage |
| cultural awareness | recognizing the history of patients' ancestry or culture and how their customs influence the handling of problems, issues, or teachings |
| acculturation | adjustment to a new culture, results in differences in practice within the same cultural group |
| cultural care | consists of health-promotion activities initiated by a culturally competent health-care worker who enables a patient to modify health behaviors toward beneficial outcomes while respecting the patient's cultural values, beliefs, and practices |
| cultural interventions | when health-care information is presented in a way that includes specific cultural styles, colors, pictures, symbols, and so forth, that add credibility to the content by reflecting cultural values |
| personal space | intimate zone is considered to be up to 1.5 feet, personal distance is 1.5 to 4 feet, social distance is 4 to 12 feet, and public distance is 12 feet |
| Yin | cold foods includes fruits, vegetables, cold liquid, and beer |
| Yang | hot foods includes meat, eggs, hot soup, cantaloupe, and fried foods |
| alternative medicine | therapies that are used instead of Western medical care |
| complementary medicine | therapies used together with Western therapies |
| National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) | conducts research on the effectiveness of specific CAM therapies and documents their findings in medical journals |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | promotes behaviors and policies related to cultural competence in health care |
| U.S. Office of Minority Health | provides information concerning culturally and linguistically (language) appropriate health services (CLAS) |
| effleurage | involves the slow massage of the abdomen in a circular motion using the fingertips to stimulate large diameter nerve fibers |
| PrimaBella | noninvasive transdermal device cleared by the FDA for treatment of pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting (morning sickness) |
