Exam 5: Cultural Influences and Public Health Nutrition

An African-American man is being seen by a dietitian. The dietitian assumes that he likes to eat, and that he only consumes foods that are associated with Southern cooking-fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas, biscuits, etc. What perspective is the dietitian using?

As part of intervention it is recommended a community nutritionist use which of the following to tailor the program to the intended target group?

Standard 1: Promote and support the _____________ and skills necessary for staff to work respectfully and effectively with patients and each other in a culturally diverse work environment.

The primary language spoken by the healthcare provider or the client does not create a barrier for health promotion programs.

Corn, squash, beans, cranberries, and maple syrup are just a few of the items Native Americans introduced to Caucasian settlers.

Steve has high blood pressure. If the state of his physical, mental, and social well-being were included, his _________ condition is being described.

Tailoring a program to the target group for which it is intended; utilizing the community's strengths, resources, and assets; and involving the target group whose members will be the recipients of the program, are all strategies that a dietitian can use when beginning what phase of designing a health promotion program for multicultural groups?

Matt is using a single-item measure of general acculturation in order to find out more about his client's cultural background. The measure he is using provides a global measure of exposure to a host culture, and is commonly and successfully used for assessing general acculturation in many studies. What measure is this?

Variables that may be monitored and observed for organization cultural competence include which of the following?

There are always potential barriers to health promotion and disease prevention. Social customs and family dynamics are all examples of what type of barrier?

Orientation to preventive health care is what type of barrier?

Standard 11: Use a variety of methods to ________ and utilize accurate demographic, cultural, epidemiological, and clinical outcome data for racial and ethnic groups in the service area, and become ________ about the ethnic/cultural needs, resources, and assets of the surrounding community.

Some Hispanic Americans believe that certain situations can cause illness. List three of these situations.

In nutrition assessment of individuals from a different culture, it is important to collect the basic information about the culture, such as foods most frequently used, and food preparation methods. Information needed to provide adequate nutritional guidance includes all of the following except:

Acculturation scales do not typically include what?

The following intervention strategy focuses on which relevant factors? Develop educational materials that reflect relevant ___________________ and literacy levels of the target group.

Otilia is a Romanian foreign exchange student who is now living in the United States. She is frequently eating fast food, and is adopting a more "American" way of eating. This is an example of what?

Nick is a dietitian who is studying why the diet of many Native Americans is poor. Which of the following does not contribute to the inadequate diet of Native Americans?

The term ___________ encompasses at least 23 subgroups including people from China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, and Polynesia.

Which of the following is not considered a strategy for strengthening organizational cultural competence?