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Hello Alfaro,
Hank you for sharing your discussion post. Multicultural communication refers to
the mode of communication that two individuals encounter.
We live in a world where
multiple people live amongst different cultures (Kar, Alcalay, & Alex, 2019).
These
cultures are things that we believe and learn.
By interacting with other cultures, we
learn to communicate by using body language and language.
Multicultural
communication origins from people moving from area to area.
People might live
close to others but they preserve their culture and communicate with others in the
most effective way (Kar, Alcalay, & Alex, 2019).
The culture within a group is made up of beliefs, morals, norms, and practices that
are learned and shared.
This includes language, traditions, customs, modes of
communication, and elements that distinguish one culture from another. Ethnicity is part
of one’s culture.
Ethnicity is the roots from which one family origins (Kar, Alcalay, &
Alex, 2019).
While one’s culture is something that has been learned and practiced,
ethnicity is the roots that one strongly identified themselves with. Acculturation is the
modification of one’s culture based on customs, values, and behaviors that the individual
adapts to.
The individual’s culture is modified by adapting and borrowing other learned
values and beliefs from other cultures (Kar, Alcalay, & Alex, 2019).
Cultural differences between the health care professional and the patient can
create barriers to patient teaching.
The health providers inability to put their cultural and
religious perspectives aside will lead to negative outcomes.
While on the other hand if
these differences were pushed aside the health provider can include the patient’s beliefs
and values, gearing the teaching into a patient-centered approach (Kar, Alcalay, & Alex,
2019).
Communication problems can arise in cross-cultural patient teaching.
For patient
teaching to be effective the health professional needs to communicate with the patient
both in verbal and nonverbal methods.
When the health professional and patient share
different culture backgrounds, misunderstanding of communication are likely more to
happen (Kar, Alcalay, & Alex, 2019).
References
Kar, S. B., Alcalay, R., & Alex, S. (2019). Evaluation of multicultural health
communication.
Health Communication: A Multicultural Perspective
, 311-332.
doi:10.4135/9781452220628.n13
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