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Assignment:
Understanding our own culture and how it impacts daily life and health can be difficult. What are your cultural beliefs? How do they affect your health? How can health care providers assess culture and its impact on the effectiveness of interventions?
Each person has his or her own personal history; that is, his or her collected experiences. Everything you have ever seen, heard, felt, learned, or experienced has lead to the development of this personal history. Factors that affect this history include your gender, race, age, ethnicity, culture, education, native language, and religion, to name a few.
Collectively, these factors create the sum total of who you are as a person. Bias occurs when a person has a tendency towards a particular perspective or ideology (i.e. your personal history); after all, you see the world through your own eyes. To some extent, every person has a natural bias. It is important to understand our own culture and biases so we are better able to deliver unprejudiced culturally sensitive care. In this discussion, you will have the opportunity to determine some of your cultural influences.