PUB 610 GCU American Indians & Asians Cultural Beliefs in Menthal Health Discussion

This Question is based on professor question to my weekly discussion: Please read my discussion first to understand what is being asked and then answer professor question.

Professor question to Answer:

Thank you for your response to the discussion question. In reference to the example you provided with how some American Indians and Asians stigmatize psychiatric disorders, what would be a health communication message that would address psychiatric disorders among American Indians/ Asians with consideration of their cultural beliefs/values?

My weekly discussion:

Why Is An Understanding Of Health Beliefs, Culture, And Cultural Values Relevant In The Context Of Health Communication?

Healthcare providers interact with persons from different cultural backgrounds, which can pose obstacles to effective communication. Their capacity to communicate with clients and families is essential for good patient experiences (Ladha, Zubairi, Hunter, Audcent, & Johnstone, 2018). Intercultural communication is the technique of interacting between clients and healthcare experts from various cultural backgrounds that are based on a comprehension of their respective values, cultures, and viewpoints. Therefore, healthcare providers need to comprehend and communicate in a manner that other people comprehend and do not offend them with various response rates, attentiveness, gestures, eye contact, silence, spatial distance, delivery speed, and loudness during communication. Providers are required to aware of the individual values they bring to the client-practitioner connection and how a client’s culture may be influencing their health or treatment of a disorder.

“Ways in Which Health Communication Messages Can Potentially Be At Odds With Cultural or Spiritual Values or Health Beliefs”

The impact of culture on health is broad, and all cultures have health belief systems to elucidate what causes illnesses. Cultural and spiritual values and health views affect the discernments of beliefs, demise, illness, health, strategies to health marketing, how pain and diseases are encountered and expressed, clients seek aid, and the kind of management they prefer. For example, while some American Indians do not stigmatize psychiatric disorders, others stigmatize only some mental disorders, and other tribes stigmatize all mental disorders. According to Zhang et al. (2020), Asians frequently stigmatize and observe psychiatric disorders as a source of shame.

References:

Ladha, T., Zubairi, M., Hunter, A., Audcent, T., & Johnstone, J. (2018). Cross-cultural communication: Tools for working with families and children. Paediatrics & child health, 23(1), 66-69.

Zhang, Z., Sun, K., Jatchavala, C., Koh, J., Chia, Y., Bose, J., … & Wang, J. (2020). Overview of stigma against psychiatric illnesses and advancements of anti-stigma activities in six Asian societies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(1), 280.

PLEASE:

– minimum of 150 words or more

– strong academic writing / APA style (please use in-text citing and References at end )

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– please be original writing ( will check for plagiarism ) and must answer all parts of question for full credit.