Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin

Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin

Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin

HLT 306V GCU Wk 3 Multicultural Communication and Its Origin Discussion. Write a 650-1300 word response to the following questions:

1. Explain multicultural communication and its origins. Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin
2. Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
3. Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
4. Discuss family culture and its effect on patient education.
5. List some approaches the health care professional can use to address religious and cultural diversity.
6. List the types of illiteracy.
7. Discuss illiteracy as a disability.
8. Give examples of some myths about illiteracy.
9. Explain how to assess literacy skills and evaluate written material for readability.
10. Identify ways a health care professional may establish effective communication.
11. Suggest ways the health care professional can help a patient remember instructions.

This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

OBJECTIVES AND ANNOUCEMENTS

Objectives:

1. Discuss the historical perspective of multicultural communication.
2. Define and discuss culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
3. Describe how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional.
4. Give examples of some communication issues that arise in cross‐cultural patient education.
5. Explain the family issues that are involved in cultural diversity and patient education.
6. List approaches to religion and cultural diversity that the health care professional can use.
7. List the types of illiteracy.
8. Explain how illiteracy can be a disability.
9. Discuss the myths about illiteracy.
10. Explain how a health care professional can assess literacy skills and readability of materials.
11. List the ways a health care professional can establish effective communication.
12. Discuss nonverbal behavior in this field.
13. List ways a health care professional can help a patient remember instructions.

SOURCES

Read chapters 7, 8, and 10.

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I enjoy discussing compliance and how we as health care providers can influence patient compliance and ultimately their outcomes. I look forward to this week and the many comments in the discussion forum. Tricia Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin

Objectives:

1. Explain the concept of patient compliance and why it is important.
2. Define patient compliance as it applies to this field.
3. Discuss the role health care professionals play in compliance and noncompliance.
4. List examples of interventions that could increase compliance.
5. Discuss the concept of compliance as collaboration.
6. Discuss patient education as it was in the past and as it is today.

Falvo, D. R. (2011). Effective patient education: A guide to increased adherence (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett. ISBN: 9780763766252

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Discussion: Multicultural Communication and Its Origin