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Overview
The scholarly activity that I participated in was a workshop organized by the Hindu/Sikh community of our city at the Shri Durga Temple. The purpose of the workshop was to provide basic health education and basic health screenings—for example, cholesterol level checks, blood sugar level checks, blood pressure exams, BMI, weight measurements, free blood pressure monitoring and a blood donation camp. The target market for the activity was the non-white, Asian-American population, which is a population that is at increased levels of risk for type 2 diabetes, as several researchers have shown (Hus, Araneta, Kanaya, Chiang & Fujimoto, 2015; Islam et al., 2015). The benefit of this activity to me was that I was able to provide some health education to the Hindu/Sikh community, which is an Asian-American population at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. By providing this education I was able to fulfill my mandate as a health care provider in terms of assisting providing preventive care to an at risk population in my field.
Problem
The Asian-American population is the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. and it is also a group that is at risk for developing type 2 diabetes more than any other ethnic group or minority...
For instance, Hofstede (1984) notes in his model of cultural dimensions that there are six areas that distinguish different cultures from one another: Asian cultures have different attitudes than Western cultures with respect to long term outlooks, ambiguity, equality and other areas. For that reason, they can struggle to find a healthy balance between Asian and American inputs; they may not realize the need to eat a healthy diet or to exercise in a country where there is so much focus placed on leisure and wealth. A SNP prepared nurse could achieve awareness of the way culture impacts health awareness and health literacy by participating in this scholarly activity.
Solution
By using a health education approach that is culturally sensitive and oriented towards this particular population, it is theorized that better prevention can be achieved (Maier-Lorentz & Leininger, 2008) and the risks of type 2 diabetes developing or worsening can be mitigated. The…
References
Hofstede, G., 1984. Cultural dimensions in management and planning. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1(2), pp.81-99.
Hsu, W. C., Araneta, M. R. G., Kanaya, A. M., Chiang, J. L., & Fujimoto, W. (2015). BMI cut points to identify at-risk Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes screening. Diabetes Care, 38(1), 150-158.
Islam, N. S., Kwon, S. C., Wyatt, L. C., Ruddock, C., Horowitz, C. R., Devia, C., & Trinh-Shevrin, C. (2015). Disparities in diabetes management in Asian Americans in New York City compared with other racial/ethnic minority groups. American Journal of Public Health, 105(S3), S443-S446.
Maier-Lorentz, M. & Leininger, M. (2008). Transcultural nursing: Its importance in nursing practice. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 15(1), 37.
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