Assignment – High-Risk Nutritional Practice Paper – Indian Culture

HLT 324V Week 3 Assignment – High-Risk Nutritional Practice Paper – Indian Culture

Assignment – High-Risk Nutritional Practice Paper Details:

Examine the high-risk nutritional behaviors associated with different cultures. Identify the historical perspectives, belief systems, and other factors associated with these high-risk nutritional behaviors for each culture. Write a 1,500-3,000 word paper on your findings in which you accomplish the following:

• Summarize the high risk-nutritional behaviors practiced among 10 different cultures.

• Discuss the historical perspectives and belief systems of these cultures that influence the high-risk nutritional behaviors.

• Explore additional influencing factors on high-risk behaviors for each culture. These may include, but are not limited to (a) education, (b) family roles, (c) spiritual beliefs, (d) health care practices, and (e) drug and alcohol use.

This Assignment – High-Risk Nutritional Practice Paper paper requires minimum of six outside resources in addition to the textbook, properly documented using APA guidelines.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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HLT 324V Week 3 Discussion 1- Assignment – High-Risk Nutritional Practice Paper

From the 10 select cultural groups you selected for the High-Risk Nutritional Practices assignment, briefly explain an unusual high-risk practice and how it impacts your role as a medical professional.

HLT 324V Week 4 Case Study: Through the Eyes of the Patient and the Health Care Professional

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Topic: Spiritual and Cultural Emphases on Death and Dying

Allied health professionals are confronted with different death and dying practices. An effective allied health professional recognizes the importance of understanding different cultural practices, and learns how to evaluate the death, dying, and spiritual beliefs and practices across the cultures.

Read the two specified case histories and choose one for this assignment.

Chapter 4, “Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journey” and Chapter 14, “Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma,” by Gelfland, Raspa, and Sherylyn, from End-of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (2005), available in the GCU Library:

http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/grandcanyon/Doc?id=10265487

Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby or Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect while still providing quality care. Integrate your strategies as you develop a care plan describing how you would approach the situation and care for the patient. Review the “Care Plan” template prior to beginning.

Include the following in your care plan:

• Communication: family and patient
• Treatment options that align with the specific culture
• Education: family and patient
• Family roles in the process
• Spiritual beliefs
• Barriers
• Cultural responses
• Any additional components that you feel would need to be addressed (from your perspective as a health care professional)

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

HLT 324V Week 3 Discussion 2

What factors influencing nutritional practices in the United States could be changed to improve health?