This document discusses cultural awareness and the five factors of culturally appropriate care. The five factors are: 1) valuing diversity and accepting differences, 2) self-awareness of one's own culture, 3) being conscious of dynamics when cultures interact to avoid misinterpretations, 4) gaining knowledge of other cultures, and 5) adapting skills to be open-minded and non-judgmental. It emphasizes understanding different cultural perspectives on concepts like health and family, as well as internalizing knowledge of other cultures while reflecting on one's own cultural influences and potential prejudices.

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A GENERAL OVERVIEW

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The 5 Factors of Culturally Appropriate Care
When we work with people belonging to diverse background, we should become culturally
competent. Following the 5 factors for becoming culturally competent:
1. Value Diversity/Awareness and Acceptance of Differences
● Understand the way the person/client defines health and family
2. Self-Awareness
● Understand how one’s own culture influences and how one thinks and acts
3. Being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact
● Two people may misjudge the other’s actions based on cultural expectations. They
will bring culturally prescribed patterns of communication, etiquette and problem
solving.They may bring stereotypes or underlying feelings about working with
someone who is different of their cultural differences
● misinterpretations or misjudgments may occur
4. Knowledge of Other/Client’s Culture
● Internalizing cultural knowledge and become familiar with aspects of culture
5. Adaptation of Skills
● The bottom line is we should be open-minded, respectul and non-judgmental, or, at
least, we should be conscious of our prejudices as first step to change them

10. CULTURAL AWARENESS
Bref self-Assessment Questionnaire
-Just to reflect-
● Am I conscious of my culture?
● Am I conscious of the other culture?
● How many peculiarities of the other-culture I know?
● Am I able to improve my knowledge of the other-culture peculiarities?
● Every day to wonder to yourself: “What did you do to improve my knowledge of the
other-culture peculiarities, today?” and try to find always something else of new to
answer…
● Am I satisfied with my results?
● Can I get better?