The learning activity and corresponding assignment in this topic requires students to perform a heritage assessment with families selected by the student from their local community.
Interview three families from different cultures. One family can be your own. Compare the differences in health traditions between these cultures.
Assess three families using the Heritage Assessment Tool. In 1,000-1,500 words discuss the usefulness of applying a heritage assessment to evaluate the needs of families and develop plans for health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Include the following:
1. Perform a heritage assessment on three families.
2. Complete the "Heritage Assessment Tool" and submit to: - one assessment for each of the three families interviewed.
3. Identify common health traditions based on cultural heritage. Evaluate and discuss how the families subscribe to these traditions and practices. Address health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration as they relate to your assessment.
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1. Where was your mother born?_SAN ANTONIO________
2. Where was your father born?___PIEDRAS NEGRAS________
3. Where were your grandparents born?
(1) Your mother's mother?___SAN ANTONIO________
(2) Your mother's father? ___PIEDRAS NEGRAS _______
(3) Your father's mother? __ PIEDRAS NEGRAS__________
(4) Your father's father?___ PIEDRAS NEGRAS____________
4. How many brothers ___1__ and sisters ___0__ do you have?
5. What setting did you grow up in? Urban _X___ Rural _____ Suburban _____
6. What country did your parents grow up in? (5) Never _____
Father __MEXICO___
Mother __UNITED STATES__
7. How old were you when you came to the United States? __0 MONTH___
8. How old were your parents when they came to the United States? Mother __0 MONTHS__ Father _15 YRS OLD____
9. When you were growing up, who lived with you? __MOTHER/FATHER___
10. Have you maintained contact with
a. Aunts, uncles, cousins? (1) Yes __X__ (2) No _____
b. Brothers and sisters? (1) Yes __X__ (2) No _____
c. Parents? (1) Yes __X__ (2) No _____
d. Your own children? (1) Yes __X__ (2) No _____
11. Did most of your aunts, uncles, cousins live near your home?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X____
12. Approximately how often did you visit your family members who
(1) Daily _____ (2) Weekly _____ (3) Monthly ___X__ (4) Once a year or less _____ (5) Never _____
13. Was your original family name changed?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
14. What is your religious preference?
(1) Catholic ___X__ (2) Jewish _____ (3) Protestant _____
(4) Denomination (5) Other _____ (6) None _____
15. Is your spouse the same religion as you?
Yes ____ (2) No _____
16. Is your spouse the same ethnic background as you?
(1) Yes _X___ (2) No _____ to positive answers is the question about family name change.
17. What kind of school did you go to?
(1) Public __X__ (2) Private _____ (3) Parochial _____
18. As an adult, do you live in a neighborhood where the neighbors are the same religion and ethnic background as yourself?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
19. Do you belong to a religious institution?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
20. Would you describe yourself as an active member?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
21. How often do you attend your religious institution?
(1) More than once a week _____ (2) Weekly _____ (3) Monthly _____ (4) Special holidays only __X___
22. Do you practice your religion at home?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
(If yes, please specify)
(3) Praying __X___ (4) Bible reading _____
(5) Diet _____ (6) Celebrating religious holidays _X____
23. Do you prepare foods of your ethnic background?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
24. Do you participate in ethnic activities? a.
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _X___
(If yes, please verify)
(3) Singing _____ (4) Holiday celebrations _X____
(5) Dancing _____ (6) Festivals __X___
(7) Costumes __X___ (8) Other _____
25. Are your friends from the same religious background as you?
(1) Yes _X___ (2) No _____ lived outside your home?
26. Are your friends from the same ethnic background as you?
(1) Yes ___X__ (2) No _____
27. What is your native language? _ENGLISH___
28. Do you speak this language?
(1) Prefer ___X__ (2) Occasionally _____ (3) Rarely _____
29. Do you read your native language?
(1) Yes __X___ (2) No _____