Answer the following questions,(half page for each question) Please cite your references at the end.

1- According to the social ecological model principles (applied to health). Assess their veracity. To what extent (backed by examples/evidence) do you believe these five ecological principles are true understanding causes, treatments and prevention of health? How well do they account for diversity and culture?

2- Reflect on what unique aspects of culture impact your perceptions of health (e.g., your own well-being, use of health services, etc.).

Take this idea a step further. Through a literature search (i.e., pubmed, medline, psychinfo, etc.), identify aspects of culture or diversity that impact perceptions of health and health services in the literature. In doing so, share with the group and discuss what overarching aspects of culture and diversity (e.g., demographics, beliefs, etc.) are the strongest influences on health and health service use.