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The learning activity and corresponding assignment in this topic requires students to perform a heritage assessment with families selected by students from their local communities.

Click on http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/663/679611/box_6_1 in order to access the “Heritage Assessment Tool.

Heritage Assessment Tool with 1,000-1,500 words APA Style

Interview three families from different cultures. One family should be from your own culture. (El Salvador)

Compare the differences in health traditions between these cultures.

Assess the 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:

Perform a heritage assessment on three families. One of these families should be from your own culture.
Complete the “Heritage Assessment Tool” for each of the three families interviewed and submit the three assessments to: RNBSNclientcare@gcu.edu. You are not required to include the tool in your LoudCloud submission.
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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Note: The greater the number of positive responses, the greater the
person’s identification with a traditional heritage. The one exception
to positive answers is the question about family name change. This
question may be answered negatively.

1. Where was your mother born? ____________________________

2. Where was your father born? ______________________________

3. Where were your grandparents born?
(1) Your mother’s mother? ______________________________
(2) Your mother’s father? ______________________________
(3) Your father’s mother? ______________________________
(4) Your father’s father? ________________________________

4. How many brothers _____ and sisters _____ do you have?

5. What setting did you grow up in? Urban _____ Rural _____
Suburban _____

6. What country did your parents grow up in?
Father _____
Mother _____

7. How old were you when you came to the United States? _____

8. How old were your parents when they came to the United
States? Mother _____ Father _____

9. When you were growing up, who lived with you? _____

10. Have you maintained contact with
a. Aunts, uncles, cousins? (1) Yes _____ (2) No _____
b. Brothers and sisters? (1) Yes _____ (2) No _____
c. Parents? (1) Yes _____ (2) No _____
d. Your own children? (1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

11. Did most of your aunts, uncles, cousins live near your home?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

12. Approximately how often did you visit your family members who
lived outside your home?
(1) Daily _____ (2) Weekly _____ (3) Monthly _____ (4) Once
a year or less _____ (5) Never _____

13. Was your original family name changed?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

14. What is your religious preference?
(1) Catholic _____ (2) Jewish _____ (3) Protestant _____
(4) Denomination (5) Other _____ (6) None _____

15. Is your spouse the same religion as you?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

16. Is your spouse the same ethnic background as you?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

17. What kind of school did you go to?
(1) Public _____ (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 _____

19. Do you belong to a religious institution?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

20. Would you describe yourself as an active member?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

21. How often do you attend your religious institution?
(1) More than once a week _____ (2) Weekly _____
(3) Monthly _____ (4) Special holidays only _____
(5) Never _____

22. Do you practice your religion at home?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____
(If yes, please specify)
(3) Praying _____ (4) Bible reading _____
(5) Diet _____ (6) Celebrating religious holidays _____

23. Do you prepare foods of your ethnic background?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

24. Do you participate in ethnic activities?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

(If yes, please verify)
(3) Singing _____ (4) Holiday celebrations _____
(5) Dancing _____ (6) Festivals _____
(7) Costumes _____ (8) Other _____

25. Are your friends from the same religious background as you?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

26. Are your friends from the same ethnic background as you?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

27. What is your native language? _____

28. Do you speak this language?
(1) Prefer _____ (2) Occasionally _____ (3) Rarely _____

29. Do you read your native language?
(1) Yes _____ (2) No _____

B O X 6 – 1 Heritage Assessment Tool

Source: Spector, R. E. (2000). CulturalCare: Guide to heritage assessment and health traditions (5th ed.). Pearson Education/PH College.

Developing Cultural Competence
in Nursing Practice
Developing an understanding of cultural competence requires
paying attention to considerations of global health, cultural val-
ues, cultural phenomena affecting health, and the importance
of cultural assessment as part of the nursing process. Cultural

competence in nursing practice requires practical strategies (in
general as well as specific to a particular cultural group), con-
siderations of community-based health care promotion and
disease prevention programs, and the need to advocate for cul-
tural diversity in nursing practice, research, and education. At
the same time, it is important to be aware that there are varying
degrees of acculturation and individual differences—assess-

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