Cultural Aspects of Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ are the traditionally accepted ways of behaving that are specific to a society

Answer: Customs

Flashcard 2: _____ is the process by which there is the diffusion of cultures between two culturally different groups of people

Answer: Acculturation

Flashcard 3: _____ are referred to as the right ways of doing things in less vital areas of human conduct

Answer: Folkways

Flashcard 4: Modified Kuppuswamy scale uses _____ of the family, education and occupation of head of family

Answer: monthly income

Flashcard 5: _____ are stringent customs followed by society

Answer: Mores

Flashcard 6: _____ is a specific type of acculturation strategy characterized by internalization of the host culture

Answer: Assimilation

Extra: **Berry's Model of Acculturation Strategies:** * **Assimilation:** The individual internalizes the host culture and discards their original cultural identity. * **Integration:** The individual maintains their original culture while also internalizing/participating in the host culture (Biculturalism). * **Separation:** The individual maintains their original culture and rejects the host culture. * **Marginalization:** The individual rejects both their original culture and the host culture.

Flashcard 7: score of _____ in kuppuswamy's index is considered upper class

Answer: >25

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Flashcard 8: risk of genetic diseases in consanguineous marriage is _____ %

Answer: 4-8

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Flashcard 9: According to _____ theory, diseases are labels to segregate population

Answer: Foucauldian

Flashcard 10: snowball sampling is done for _____

Answer: diseases with social stigma

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