Deactivated 1 posts Re:Topic 3 DQ 1 Cultural competency is considered to be a major factor to eliminating health disparities. This begins with having an honest desire to put aside personal biases and treat every person with respect (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). Culture could “have an impact on health, healing, wellness, belief systems, perceived causes of illness and disease, behaviors of seeking health care and attitudes towards health care providers” (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). It is a must that people working in health care are cultural competent. Certain cultural beliefs and values have an influence on what health decisions are made and need to be taken into consideration (GCU, 2011). Health care providers as well as patients bring their own beliefs to health, values and culture when seeking health care. It is important to understand all cultures; however, it can be challenging because of the complexity and the interaction between the person that is seeking help and the providers own cultural beliefs (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). Being aware of the many different cultures means that you need to apply the underlying background of knowledge that must be obtained to deliver the best quality of care (GCU, 2011). Health care professionals, when respectful of and responsive to diverse individual’s health beliefs, their practices and cultural needs, are believed to contribute to a decline in negative health outcomes (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). By recognizing and accepting all cultural diversities, providers can obtain cultural competency in the health care setting. It is important that everyone in the health care setting can recognize and understand the many differences of their culture as well as the culture of others and to respect the values and beliefs and the expectations that others may have. Health professionals need to recognize that everyone has different beliefs and come from different cultures. It is important to recognize other cultures and to remember that every culture is different. References Edelman, C., Kudzma, E., & Mandle, C. (n.d.). Emerging Populations and Health. In Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan (8th ed., pp. 26). Retrieved from https://pageburstls.elsevier.com/#/books/978-0-323-09141-1/cfi/6/8!/4/2/36/8/[email protected]:88.9 Grand Canyon University [GCU]. (2011). Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion. Retrieved from https://lc-ugrad1.gcu.edu/learningPlatform/user/users.html?operation=loggedIn#/learningPlatform/loudBooks/loudbooks.html?viewPage=current¤tTopicname=Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion&operation=innerPage&topicMaterialId=f21e44c0-ba1b-4324-98f8-26e542293a7e&contentId=9a059ef8-3451-4808-9ca8-65da38a061ee& Week One Recommended Resources Articles 1. SmartHistory. (n.d.). A beginner’s guide to the history of Western culture. Themes. Retrieved from http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/for-the-beginner.html  This resource provides a .

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Re:Topic 3 DQ 1
Cultural competency is considered to be a major factor to
eliminating health disparities. This begins with having an
honest desire to put aside personal biases and treat every person
with respect (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). Culture could
“have an impact on health, healing, wellness, belief systems,
perceived causes of illness and disease, behaviors of seeking
health care and attitudes towards health care providers”
(Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). It is a must that people
working in health care are cultural competent.
Certain cultural beliefs and values have an influence on what
health decisions are made and need to be taken into
consideration (GCU, 2011). Health care providers as well as
patients bring their own beliefs to health, values and culture
when seeking health care. It is important to understand all
cultures; however, it can be challenging because of the
complexity and the interaction between the person that is
seeking help and the providers own cultural beliefs (Edelman,
Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). Being aware of the many different
cultures means that you need to apply the underlying
background of knowledge that must be obtained to deliver the
best quality of care (GCU, 2011).
Health care professionals, when respectful of and responsive to
diverse individual’s health beliefs, their practices and cultural
needs, are believed to contribute to a decline in negative health
outcomes (Edelman, Kudzma & Mandle, 2014). By recognizing
and accepting all cultural diversities, providers can obtain
cultural competency in the health care setting. It is important
that everyone in the health care setting can recognize and
understand the many differences of their culture as well as the
culture of others and to respect the values and beliefs and the

2. expectations that others may have. Health professionals need to
recognize that everyone has different beliefs and come from
different cultures. It is important to recognize other cultures and
to remember that every culture is different.
References
Edelman, C., Kudzma, E., & Mandle, C. (n.d.). Emerging
Populations and Health. In Health Promotion Throughout the
Lifespan (8th ed., pp. 26). Retrieved from
https://pageburstls.elsevier.com/#/books/978-0-323-09141-
1/cfi/6/8!/4/2/36/8/[email protected]:88.9
Grand Canyon University [GCU]. (2011). Culture and Cultural
Competency in Health Promotion. Retrieved from https://lc-
ugrad1.gcu.edu/learningPlatform/user/users.html?operation=log
gedIn#/learningPlatform/loudBooks/loudbooks.html?viewPage=
current¤tTopicname=Culture and Cultural Competency in
Health
Promotion&operation=innerPage&topicMaterialId=f21e44c0-
ba1b-4324-98f8-26e542293a7e&contentId=9a059ef8-3451-
4808-9ca8-65da38a061ee&
Week One
Recommended Resources
Articles
1. SmartHistory. (n.d.). A beginner’s guide to the history of
Western culture. Themes. Retrieved from
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/for-the-beginner.html

3. articulated by historians for the purpose of
studying the progression of western cultural history.
Multimedia
1. Khan Academy. (Producer). Why look at art [Video].
Available from http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/why-
look-at-art.html
useum
professionals as to the cultural importance of the
study of art.
2. Phillips, J. (2013, April 24). Prezi demonstration [Prezi
presentation]. Retrieved from
http://prezi.com/mh6btb2vztvj/prezi-demonstration/
ed information on using
Prezi.
Websites
2. Learn & support. Prezi. Retrieved from
http://prezi.com/support/
various ways that a presentation can be
designed.
3. Manual/FAQ. Prezi. Retrieved from

4. https://prezi.zendesk.com/forums
detailed information on using Prezi.
Museum and Image Websites
1. Art and artists | Tate (http://www.tate.org.uk/art)
2. Art Institute of Chicago (http://www.artic.edu/)
3. Art Renewal Center Artist Index
(http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artistindex.php)
4. The Famous Artists (http://www.thefamousartists.com/)
5. The Frick Collection (http://www.frick.org/)
6. Google Art Project (http://www.googleartproject.com/)
7. Guggenheim (http://www.guggenheim.org/)
8. Louvre Museum Official Website (http://www.louvre.fr/en)
9. Mark Harden’s Artchive (http://artchive.com/index.html)
10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(http://www.metmuseum.org)
11. MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art
(http://www.moma.org/)
12. National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html)
13. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

5. (http://www.sfmoma.org/)
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/for-the-beginner.html
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/why-look-at-art.html
http://prezi.com/mh6btb2vztvj/prezi-demonstration/
http://prezi.com/support/
https://prezi.zendesk.com/forums
http://www.tate.org.uk/art
http://www.artic.edu/
http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artistindex.php
http://www.thefamousartists.com/
http://www.frick.org/
http://www.googleartproject.com/
http://www.guggenheim.org/
http://www.louvre.fr/en
http://artchive.com/index.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://www.moma.org/
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html
http://www.sfmoma.org/
14. SIRIS – Smithsonian Institute Research Information System
(http://siris-
artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=)
15. Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in
New York (http://www.cooperhewitt.org/)
16. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
(http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/)
17. Uffizi, Uffizi gallery, Florence (http://www.uffizi.com/)
18. Vatican Museums – Official web site

6. (http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html)
19. Victoria & Albert Museum (http://www.vam.ac.uk/)
20. Web Gallery of Art (http://www.wga.hu/)
21. WebMuseum: Famous Artworks exhibition
(http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/)
22. Whitney Museum of American Art (http://whitney.org/)
23. Wikimedia Commons
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=
http://www.cooperhewitt.org/
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
http://www.uffizi.com/
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
http://www.wga.hu/
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
http://whitney.org/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page