Culture influences both physical and psychological health through lifestyle behaviors and stress levels, shapes how individuals perceive and understand health issues, and impacts health decision-making processes based on cultural norms and beliefs. Personal experiences with different cultural approaches to health can provide insights. Research from scholarly sources can help illustrate these cultural influences on health.

1. Discuss how culture affects health: physical and psychological
health, perception of health, and health decision-making.
Discuss examples from your own experience, culture, and
patient care experience. Cite references to support your
statements whenever possible. Please use scholarly peer-
reviewed sources, not websites.