Objectives
   • Students will:
   • List the four basic characteristics of culture
   • Differentiate between culture, ethnicity, and race
   • Identify some of the major ethnic groups in the United States
   • Provide an example of acculturation in the US
   • Create an example of how bias, prejudice, or stereotype can cause barriers to 
    effective relationships
   • Describe ways to avoid bias
   • Differentiate between a nuclear and extended family
   • Identify ways in which language, personal, space, touching, eye contact, and gestures 
    are affected by cultural diversity
   • Compare and contrast the diverse health beliefs of different ethnic/cultural groups
   • List five ways health care providers can show respect for an individual’s beliefs
   • Identify methods that can be used to show respect for cultural diversity
                              Culture
     • The values, beliefs,           Includes:
                                      • Family relations
       attitudes, languages,          • Child rearing
       symbols, rituals behaviors,    • Education
                                      • Occupational choice
       and customs unique to a        • Social interaction
       particular group of people     • Spirituality
                                      • Religious beliefs
       that is passed from on         • Food preferences
                                      • Health beliefs
       generation to another
                                      • Health care
          Culture
  • Culture is learned.
  • Culture is shared.
  • Culture is social in nature.
  • Culture is dynamic and constantly changing.
                            Ethnicity
     • A classification of          Common Ethnic Groups
       people based on              • African American
       national origin and/or       • Asian American
       culture.                     • European American
     • Members share a 
                                    • Hispanic American
       common heritage, 
       geographic location,         • Middle Eastern / Arabic 
       social customs,                 American
       language, and beliefs.       • Native American
               Race
   • Classification of people based on physical or 
    biological characteristics including:
    –Color of skin, hair, and eyes
    –Facial features
    –Blood type
    –Bone structure
   • Cuts across multiple ethnic/cultural groups