Learning Objectives:
The purpose of the written paper is for you to reflect on your course text and module material when answering the question(s) to illustrate your knowledge of what you have reviewed in this course and your understanding of the material.
Upon completion of your written paper, you should be able to:
- Describe how values, behaviors, cultural variation and cultural change can enhance or impede working with delivering services to a diverse aging population globally. (SLO#3)
- Identify facts about culture, ethnicity and aging when observing and communicating with older adults. (SLO#6)
Instructions:
With what you have reviewed in this course and your understanding of class material:
Choose one ethnic older adult population over the age of 70 to examine (different from your own ethnic background- and reviewed in class material). In your written paper – Identify and discuss the major factors that influence how they understand health concepts; how they make decisions related to their health and their preference of health care system(s) to participate or not to participate in.
Your written paper is to include:
Specific “in paper” citations of your text readings (from your class text: Global Aging) and module learning materials to illustrate your knowledge of what you have reviewed in this course and your understanding of the material. Do not cite sources that are not covered in your text or module materials.
Minimum two text (page #, if e-book than reference chapter and bold subtitle found under) and two module (module # and title of link) sources cited in paper.
The paper you submit is to be at least 1000 words or more. APA or MLA writing style required (do not include abstract, endnotes, appendix, graphs or pictures). Review the rubric to guide you on the requirements for this assignment and how it will be graded.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES for Chapter 5:
- Explain the relationship between aging and health.
- Compare and contrast acute and chronic diseases and give examples of each.
- Describe the epidemiological transition that countries go through as they develop.
- Discuss global patterns of noncommunicable chronic and infectious diseases.
- Discuss the role of culture and other environmental factors in disease patterns.
- Define and distinguish from one another disability, impairment, and handicap.
- Discuss global disability trends and their importance to the study of global aging.
- Identify and describe key disability measures for global comparison.
- Describe global patterns of disability in developed and developing nations.
- Define and distinguish disease, illness, and sickness.
- Define and explain health behavior and illness behavior.
- Describe the sick role, including its privileges and obligations.
- Describe the process of help-seeking and the factors affecting adherence to doctor’s orders.
- Identify cultural views of dementia and the types of caregiving provided to older people with dementia in Nigeria, as discussed in Essay 1.
- Discuss the transition from traditional to modern medicine in the Indian Himalayas and the impact it has had on older adults, as discussed in Essay 2.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES for Chapter 6:
- Define medical pluralism and give an example.
- Identify and describe the three types of health care systems, noting their differences.
- List and describe several important traditional medicine systems in the world.
- Discuss four key policy decisions governments face in designing a health care system.
- Compare and contrast the four primary models of organizing and financing modern medicine.
- Discuss factors that influence older people’s preference of health care system.
- Identify four major trends in medical consumerism.
- Define health literacy and explain its importance to older persons.
- Describe complementary and alternative medicine and explain factors leading to its increased popularity.
- Identify steps older adults can take to manage their own chronic conditions.
- Explain how Russia’s health and health care system have changed over the past century, as discussed in Essay 1.
- Describe Cuba’s health and health care system, particularly in relation to older adults, as discussed in Essay 2.
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