HLT 324V Week 1 Allied Health Community Media Scenario Details: The ability to communicate, interact with different cultures, and think critically is essential in the medical field. The interactive media scenario you will use for this assignment illustrates a situation that could easily arise when working in health care. To complete this assignment:

1. HLT 324V Week 1 Allied Health Community
Media Scenario Critical Decision Making for
Providers
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HLT 324V Week 1 Allied Health Community Media Scenario
Details:
The ability to communicate, interact with different cultures, and think
critically is essential in the medical field. The interactive media scenario
you will use for this assignment illustrates a situation that could easily
arise when working in health care. To complete this assignment:
Go to the “Allied Health Community” media link:
Click “Enter” to begin.

2. Click on the box that says “SCENARIOS.”
Click on “View Scenario” for the “Critical Decision Making for
Providers.”
Examine how the described problem might happen in your facility and
the impact it could have. Work through this situation by examining all of
the choices presented in the scenario.
When you get to the end of the scenarios, one scenario will have the
word “Transcultural” on the top right corner. Click on “Transcultural.”
Read the scenario and answer the four questions that are provided.
While APA format is not required for this assignment, solid academic
writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be
presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in
the APA Style Guide located in the Student Success Center.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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HLT 324V Week 1 Benchmark Assignment –
Diversity in Health Care Essay

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HLT 324V Week 1 Benchmark Assignment – Diversity in Health Care
Essay
Diversity has a significant influence on health care. Studying
transcultural health care helps health professionals understand different
cultures in order to provide holistic and individualized health care.
Review the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, including the
theory, framework and 12 domains. Write 750-1,000 word paper
exploring the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Include the
following:
Explain the theory and organizational framework of the Purnell Model,
and discuss its relevance to transcultural health care.
Describe Purnell’s 12 domains of culture, and assess how each of these
domains plays an active role in the diversity of health care in your
specific field.

4. Discuss how this model can be applied when working with different
cultures in order to become a more culturally competent health care
provider.
Cite at least three references, including the course textbook.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the
APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is
not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to
the directions in the Student Success Center.nt to Turnitin.
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HLT 324V Week 1 Discussion 1
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Describe the concept of “variant characteristics of culture.” Which
characteristics can change and which cannot? Is equality for variant
cultures typically supported in the United States? Provide examples to
support your statement.
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HLT 324V Week 1 Discussion 2
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How does cultural competency occur? What can one do to become
culturally aware? Describe an effective approach to using The Purnell
Model when working with subcultures (immigration status, gender,
political beliefs, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, educational
status, etc.).

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HLT 324V Week 2 Discussion 2
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If health care practitioners cannot communicate to the patients in their
language, how important is it to find a translator? Whose problem is it,
the health care provider’s or the patient’s? Why?
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HLT 324V Week 2 Family Interview – Compare
and Contrast Cultures Paper

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Family Roles and Organization, Work Attitudes, and Communication
It is important to identify and understand your own family culture in
order to be able to understand and respect other cultures. Interview a
family member, and an individual from another culture with which you
are unfamiliar. Some examples of an individual from another culture to
consider for the assignment include a neighbor, coworker, patient, or
friend. Please inform the individuals of the purpose of this assignment
and make sure you receive their consent.
Interviews:
Review the “Family Interview” template prior to the interview.
Additional space is designated on the template for you to create three
additional questions to ask both interviewees (family member and
person from another culture). Additional questions should be relevant to
the readings or discussion and should provide value to the interview by
helping to understand culture.
Some of the questions may include:

8. Family beliefs: Have they changed over generations?
Educational and occupational status in the culture and in the family
Communication methods: verbal and nonverbal
Current family goals/priorities
Family member roles and organizational systems
Spiritual beliefs: current practice and death and dying
Alternative lifestyles
Work attitudes and structure
Written Paper:
Using the “Family Interview” template, interview your designated
family member and the person from another culture. Be sure to write
your responses in a way that will assist you in writing your paper. After

9. the interview is completed, write a paper of 750-1,000 words that
includes the following:
An introductory paragraph with the reasons for selecting the
interviewees.
A summary of the responses from the interview template gathered from
the interviewees.
A comparison and contrast of your findings between the two
interviewees.
A reflective concluding paragraph on how family roles affect the
cultural domains and relationships for each individual.
General Requirements:
Submit both the completed “Family Interview” template and the written
paper” to the instructor.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the
APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is
not required.

10. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to
the directions in the Student Success Center.
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HLT 324V Week 3 Assignment High-Risk
Nutritional Practices Paper
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Examine the high-risk nutritional behaviors associated with different
cultures. Identify the historical perspectives, belief systems, and other
factors associated with these high-risk nutritional behaviors for each

11. culture. Write a 1,500-3,000 word paper on your findings in which you
accomplish the following:
Summarize the high risk-nutritional behaviors practiced among 10
different cultures.
Discuss the historical perspectives and belief systems of these cultures
that influence the high-risk nutritional behaviors.
Explore additional influencing factors on high-risk behaviors for each
culture. These may include, but are not limited to (a) education, (b)
family roles, (c) spiritual beliefs, (d) health care practices, and (e) drug
and alcohol use.
This paper requires minimum of six outside resources in addition to the
textbook, properly documented using APA guidelines.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the
APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is
not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.

12. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to
the directions in the Student Success Center.
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HLT 324V Week 3 Discussion 1
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From the 10 select cultural groups you selected for the High-Risk
Nutritional Practices assignment, briefly explain an unusual high-risk
practice and how it impacts your role as a medical professional.
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13. HLT 324V Week 3 Discussion 2
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What factors influencing nutritional practices in the United States could
be changed to improve health?
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HLT 324V Week 4 Case Study: Through the Eyes
of the Patient and the Health Care Professional
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14. Topic: Spiritual and Cultural Emphases on Death and Dying
Allied health professionals are confronted with different death and dying
practices. An effective allied health professional recognizes the
importance of understanding different cultural practices, and learns how
to evaluate the death, dying, and spiritual beliefs and practices across the
cultures.
Read the two specified case histories and choose one for this
assignment.
Chapter 4, “Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journey” and Chapter 14,
“Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma,” by Gelfland, Raspa, and
Sherylyn, from End-of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries
(2005), available in the GCU Library:
Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby or
Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect
while still providing quality care. Integrate your strategies as you
develop a care plan describing how you would approach the situation
and care for the patient. Review the “Care Plan” template prior to
beginning.
Include the following in your care plan:
Communication: family and patient

15. Treatment options that align with the specific culture
Education: family and patient
Family roles in the process
Spiritual beliefs
Barriers
Cultural responses
Any additional components that you feel would need to be addressed
(from your perspective as a health care professional)
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the
APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is
not required.
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16. HLT 324V Week 4 Discussion 1
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Describe the spectrum of death and dying rituals and practices. Why are
death and dying rituals so significant?
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HLT 324V Week 4 Discussion 2
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17. What death and dying practices are contrary to your personal beliefs or
chosen religious values? How will you support a patient’s death and
dying rituals and practices, and still honor your own?
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HLT 324V Week 5 Benchmark Assignment –
Nontraditional Health Care Practices
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Research different popular nontraditional health care practices. Write a
1,000-1,200 word paper exploring nontraditional health care practices
and include the following:
Describe nontraditional health care practices in different cultures.
Compare at least three cultures.

18. Explain how these practices affect wellness and prevention in different
cultures.
Identify the nontraditional health care options in your areas, and identify
the number of people choosing to use them over traditional medical
practices. Propose reasons why the number of people using
nontraditional health care options is rising.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the
APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is
not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to
the directions in the Student Success Center.
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HLT 324V Week 5 Discussion 1
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If you were caring for a child who could be cured if given blood
transfusions, but whose parents refused permission to give the
transfusions due to religious beliefs, what would you do?
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HLT 324V Week 5 Discussion 2
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Some parents are refraining from giving certain immunizations to their
children. How will this affect diseases in the United States in the future?
How as medical professionals can we embrace these nontraditional
practices?

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