Study Guide 7- TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE NURSING

CARE OF CHILDREN
Topic Outline
1. Children in a Culturally Diverse Society
2. Children as a Population
a. Racial and Ethnic Composition
b. Poverty
c. Children’s Health Status
d. Growth and Development
e. Infant Attachment
f. Crying
3. Culture-Universal and Culture Specific Child Rearing
a. Influences on Parents
b. Parental Beliefs and Practices Course Code and Title
c. Influence of Folk and Biomedical Health Care Systems
4. Nutrition: Feeding and Eating Behaviors
a. Sleep
b. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Childhood Obesity
c. Measuring Overweight and Obesity in Children
d. Factors Contributing to Obesity in Early Childhood
e. Protective –Factors Contributing to Prevention of Obesity in Early Childhood
f. Elimination
g. Menstruation
h. Gender DifferencesParent–Child Relationships and Discipline
i. Child Abuse
j. Gender Differences
5. Promotion and Health Promotion
a. Illness
b. Health Belief Systems and Children
c. Biocultural Influences on Childhood Disorders
d. Immunity
e. Intermarriage
f. Ethnicity
g. Race
h. Beliefs Regarding the Cause of Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities
i. Special Health Care Needs of Adolescents
6. Culturally Competent Nursing Care for Children and Adolescents
a. Nursing Assessment of the Family
b. Cultural Background
c. Family Belief Systems
d. Family Structures
e. Communicating with the Hospitalized Child and Family
f. Evaluation of the Nursing Care Plan
7. Application of Cultural Concepts to Nursing Care

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 Learning Objectives
After studying this module, you will be able to:
1. Understand the composition of children as a population across cultures in the United States and
Canada.
2. Explore childrearing practices, both specific and universal across cultures, and their impact on the
development of children.
3. Analyze the impact of selected cultural beliefs and practices on the development of children.
4. Examine the biocultural aspects of selected acute and chronic conditions affecting children.
5. Synthesize the transcultural concepts and evidence-based practices that support the delivery of
culturally competent care for children and adolescents

Introduction
Cultural survival depends on the transmission of values and customs from one generation to the next; this
process relies on the presence of children for success. This interdependent nature of children and society
reinforces the need for the greater society to nurture, care for, and socialize members of the next
generation.
In this chapter, the composition of children as a population, the effect of childrearing practices both
specific and universal across cultures, and the cultural influences on Course Code and
child growth, Title
development, health,
and illness are be examined as well as an understanding of how transcultural concepts and evidence-
based practices support the delivery of culturally competent care for children and adolescents. F

Activating Prior Knowledge

Since we are learning the cultures in the care of Children, Can you gather an information how ‘s the
parents nurture our children here in the Philippines. Discuss to our class.

1.1 Discussion of Key Concepts (Title of your topic)

Children as a Population
When defining children as a population, it is important to consider various elements that shape this
population as a whole, such as its racial and ethnic makeup, the impact of poverty on this population, and
the health status of children and adolescents in the United States and Canada. Other important
considerations when examining this population are cross-cultural differences in growth and development,
infant attachment, and crying

Racial and Ethnic Composition

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2013), there are 74.2 million people under the age of 18 who live in
the United States; of these, 67.9% are White, 24.1% Hispanic (of any race), 14.2% Black, and 5.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander/Native American/ Alaska Native.

The number of Hispanic children has increased faster than that of any other group (U.S. Census Bureau,
2013). It is estimated that by 2020, 40% of school-aged children in the United States will represent
federal minority groups.
Many of these children constitute the more than 10.9 million school-age children who speak a language
other than English at home (Ryan, 2013). A

In Canada, most immigrants reside in one of the major metropolitan areas: Toronto, Vancouver, and
Montreal are home for the majority of children of recent immigrants (Statistics Canada, 2015). im

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