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1. MODULE I:
CULTURAL AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of culture on health
beliefs and behaviors, considering
care-worker and client/patient
cultural background

2. Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors
Summary
In this topic, you will learn effects of culture on
health beliefs and behaviours, considering both
care-worker and client/patient cultural
background.
You will learn the main aspects of the cultural
nursing awareness.
You will understand how strongly culture
influences the health believes.
Summary
Cultural Nursing and
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally competent care
How culture influences health
beliefs
Tasks
Summary
Then, you will be able
to make yourself a
culturally competent
carer!!!

3. In the intercultural contexts, people not only interact on the
linguistic and extralinguistic level, but unwittingly negotiate
theirs cultural ‘frames”.
The cultural background could act as communicative filter
because it is internalized in the minds of the speakers in an
unconscious way.
-Please, list which are the “communicative barriers” between
Elderly people and foreign caregivers, in your opinion
-Post your list on the discussion-board and compare it with
the other fellows’ ones. Pprovide a feedback to another fellow
participants
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
Summary
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally Competent Care
How Culture influences the
health Beliefs
Tasks
Cultural and Nursing Awareness: the
main aspects
Cultural Awareness: an Overview (10 slides)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kRqXua-
rBRLhTBbsbk9AFMJhKwUXlqxstnswcDVBDDc/edit?pli=1#s
lide=id.p
Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors

4. A caregiver can be culturally competent or incompetent.
Across a set of short nursing situations, the following video
shows what is a good or bad to say to the other in-need-
person.
Caregiver can fall in wrong if he or she is not so aware of
own or other’s culture.
Watch the video and discover some practical tips for a
comfortable care relationship
How to be a culturally competent caregiver
Watch the video
How to be a culturally competent nurse (3’ 01’’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OvPSreoq8
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Summary
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally competent care
How culture influences health
beliefs
Tasks
Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors

5. In order to improve a culturally competent care, please,
reflect on how go over the cultural barriers and respect the
human being
1-In your opinion, which are the right skills to better build
in effective and meaningful cross-cultural interactions?
2-Please, list the skills and reflect if you have or not them.
3-At the end (only after your self-reflection!), you can
watch the video below. It shows a set of emblematic
sentences said by important personalities, in order to point
out the main factors to go over the cultural barriers and
respect the human being
Culturally competent care
Watch the video
Culturally Competent Care (2’, 08’’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmsUWmNSmwA
Culturally competent care
Summary
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally competent care
How culture influences health
beliefs
Tasks
Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors

6. Cross-cultural variations exist within cultures.
There are many strategies that you can use while you nurse
patients from different cultures.
Read the article and learn that there is a specific focus on
different cultures (Asian, American, Russian, etc.).
Furthermore, there is a display with a list of useful
strategies in order to improve the quality of work in
intercultural settings.
Some of specific and interesting tips are listed. For example,
the article suggests to learn about the cultural traditions of
the patients you care for, or to pay close attention to non-
verbal language.
How culture influences health beliefs
How Culture influences
health beliefs
Summary
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally competent care
How culture influences health
beliefs
Tasks
Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors
Open the link below and read the article
How Culture Influences Health Beliefs
https://www.euromedinfo.eu/how-culture-
influences-health-beliefs.html/

7. Case-Study
1)Following the link below, you can open a resource “Case
Studies in Cultural Competency”
2)Go to the contents and read the case-study n.5: “Language
Barriers and Socioeconomic Status can Compromise Health
Care”
3)List: key-points of the case; the right and the wrong things;
what would you do in the same situation?
4)Post your list on the discussion-board
5)Compare your list with the other learners and give
feedback each other
Tasks
Tasks
Summary
Cultural and Nursing
Awareness: the main aspects
How to be a culturally
competent caregiver
Culturally competent care
How culture influences health
beliefs
Tasks
Case Studies in Cultural Competency
https://optometriceducation.org/wp-
content/uploads/2016/10/FINAL-7-19-16-Cultural-
Competency-Case-Studies.final_.pdf
Module I: CULTURAL
AWARENESS
Topic 3: Effects of
culture on health
beliefs and behaviors