US CULTURE and its Impact to Healthcare

OVERVIEW OF US CULTURE

*CULTURE

• shared beliefs, attitudes , values , goals and traditions

VALUES AND NORMS

*INDIVIUALISM - independence and self reliance

• FREEDOM AND EQUALITY

*DIVERSITY - melting pot of diff ethnicities, races and cultures

*PRIVACY - right to control their personal information

GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT

*access *competition *health disparities and chronic conditions *medicaid expansion *cost of living

GEOGRAPHIC HEALTH DISPARITIES AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS

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*DIABETES AND OBESITY

STATE-LEVEL DIFFERENCES IN MEDICAID EXPANSION

*AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

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REGIONAL COST OF LIVING AND ITS IMPACT ON PREMIUMS

*COST OF LIVING

• ca, ny

BUILDING CULTURAL SENSITIVITY

• CULTURAL COMPETENCE

• understand , communicate , and interact effectively

acknowledgement and acceptance respect

pay attention listen show interest

UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE CULTURAL DIVERSITY

• USE CLEAR AND RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE

*UTILIZE MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES AND TRANSLATION SERVICES