Understanding cultural and family considerations during the healing process is an aspect that should be within the medical healthcare. The culture of the community, that is, the beliefs, values, and code of conducts directs the medical health checks in appreciating the significance in which the society aspects to life experiences. Therefore, health officers should take caution with cultural practices in health, because the research indicates that such are the practices that have exhibited a great and real impact on the health outcome. For instance, social support, most are the cultures that believe in social support from their families (Mc Laughlin & Braun, 1998).
This is a practice that is greatly driven by the culture, and has been indicated to have a great impact on the health impact of most individuals. This is an aspect that is highly valued by the immigrants despite of very low societal economic levels and poor utilization of the medical care. In a similar way, and mostly among the elderly, health and welfare are at a close proximity and are tied to the availability of collective support. Social support has therefore been imperative in the healing process of persons with health problems (Mc Laughlin & Braun, 1998).
Social support helps patients to manage their ailments and follow-up the required diagnosis. For the health checks to be successful in administering their health care to patients, they need to understand the healthcare of their patients and how is applied into their health and well-being. As indicated from the Healthy People website, race and ethnicity are mostly the key aspects in the healthcare care disparity. Most of the people affected are the immigrants as they tend to receive lower-quality healthcare, even in terms of insurance cover, income, age and so forth. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that has been significant in addressing the unrelenting problems of health care disparities, mostly those experiencing racial and ethnic differences (Mc Laughlin & Braun, 1998).
References
Mc Laughlin, L., & Braun, K. (1998). “Asian and Pacific Islander cultural values
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