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First, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your country and attempt to embrace your culture the best we can without major complaints on your side. I love many of the traits of American culture, and I have tried to encourage all around me to make them part of ours. For example, Americans are very direct communicators (as some say, yes or no, there is nothing in between ah?). Americans are not very fond of physical contact with strangers, even though this may change in cities with considerable interaction with people from other cultures. On the other hand, Cubans are very prone to excessive touch that sometimes may be uncomfortable for others.
Americans are very defensive of their personal space. I find this extraordinary, always trying to meet that myself. Gestures and expressions are very seldom from Americans, and sometimes I'm very grateful for that.
On the topic of general healthcare and nursing practice, I agree with your description and support the information on the American Healthcare and the American culture towards it. For a society to function and prosper, good healthcare is essential. Our healthcare system lack of organization and integration, on the look for freedom we may have diminished the importance of
establishing appropriate communication among all involved in the care of patients. The American patient is mostly focused on acute care because considers healthcare expensive, unequal, and focused more on gains than people’s wellbeing and extremely litigated (Council et al., 2013). We, advanced nurse practitioners could make the difference. Second Response to discussion
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While reading your post, I couldn’t avoid going back on time and remembering me growing up. It is impressive no matter where we are and what we do, we keep our traditions and customs. Your post brought back to my mind other subtle characteristics of us, Cubans, that may influence our interaction with others, and we should be conscious about. Our traditions are full of
superstitions that even now in the 21 century I’m sure you have heard from your ancestors: for example, never left a rocking chair swing by itself, as this is a symbol of death, do not give socks
to your girlfriend/boyfriend it will not lead to marriage. If you carry a purse, keep it off the floor or money will run away. If your palms itch, make sure you check the money coming your way. There are many others I cannot remember that were part of my life and culture growing up. Another peculiar way of Cubans is celebrating Christmas without much effort in the exchange of
gifts. It is mostly a family gathering to enjoy rich Cuban food and company (Covarrubias, 2018)
Thank you for allowing me to remember!!
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Thank you for sharing the distinguishing characteristics of your cultural background. It has always been fascinating to discover new cultures and new people. The Indian culture, I have found, is vibrant and very religious-oriented. But correct me if I am wrong, the literature says India, whose name comes from the River Indus and the civilization that blossomed around it more than 5000 years ago (Cultural Atlas, n.d.) It is impressive to learn about how other people interpret their surroundings and how they
face life and its challenges. India embraces more than a billion people with different languages, geographic regions, and social statuses. People from India are well known for their pride in the distinctiveness in their culture as diverse as their climate zones within the same country (Cultural
Atlas, n.d.).
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It called my attention your reference to teen pregnancy in your discussion. So, I wanted to look further and in-depth into this topic. In its article about reproductive health and teen pregnancy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that teen births (15-19) in the United States have steadily declined since 1991. Although, it is still 25.3 percent among Hispanics (Centers for disease control and prevention, 2021). People from several countries are considered Hispanics, Cuba one of them (Corujo, 2021) . Nonetheless, I agree many Cubans consider "sex-talk" private, and some do not discuss this topic between family or friends, as open
as their counterpart, American-born Cubans. However, I'm afraid I disagree with chaining this to the highest rate of teen births among Hispanics in general and, specifically, Cubans. The National Vital Statistics Report (2019) shows 886210 Hispanic births in the United States; among those, 23471 belong to Cubans, and within these, 3.1 percent to teen mothers or younger than 20 years old. However, the numbers were higher among other Hispanics, sometimes doubling the amount, for example, 7.8 Mexican, 7.8 Puerto Rican, 5.2 Dominican, 6.1
Central and South America, and 8.7 other Hispanics; while the age for first pregnancy, in females of Cuban origin, in the United States, have increased to 27 years (Martin et al., 2019, p. 28); meaning Cubans are deciding to become mothers at a later stage in their lives. (Martin et al., 2019, p. 28). In addition to sexual education, there are significant determinants in Hispanic teen pregnancy, such as cultural and religious beliefs, access to medical services, and lack of financial resources (Centers for disease control and prevention, 2021)
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References
Council, N. R., Medicine, I. O., Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division
of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Population, C. O., & Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries. (2013). U.s. health in international perspective: Shorter lives, poorer health
(Illustrated ed.). National Academies Press.
Cultural Atlas Editors, Evason, N., & Scroope, C. (2020). American culture
. https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture
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References
Council, N. R., Medicine, I. O., Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division
of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Population, C. O., & Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries. (2013). U.s. health in international perspective: Shorter lives, poorer health
(Illustrated ed.). National Academies Press.
Covarrubias, P. O. (2018). Cultural communication
. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. https://doi.org/https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/
9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-172.
Cultural Atlas Editors, Evason, N., & Scroope, C. (2020). American culture
. https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture
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References
Centers for disease control and prevention. (2021, November 15). www.cdc.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm
Corujo, C. (2021, September 15). Hispanic heritage month
. www.nbcnewyork.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021, from https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/things-
to-know-about-hispanic-heritage-month/1991285/
Covarrubias, P. O. (2018). Cultural communication
. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. https://doi.org/https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/
9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-172.
Cultural Atlas. (n.d.). Indian culture
. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/indian-culture/indian-culture-core-concepts
Cultural Atlas Editors, Evason, N., & Scroope, C. (2020). American culture
. https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/american-culture
Martin, J. A., Hamilton, B. E., Osterman, M. J., Driscoll, A. K., & Division of Vital Statistics. (2019). National vital statistics report
(Volume 68 Number 13). National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf