Narrative Report

In
Understanding Culture, Society &
Politics

( 7. Health )

Submitted to:
Ms. Aimie Cabab

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 7. Health

A. Cultural Specific Syndrome

-are clusters of symptoms and attributions that tend to co-occur among
individuals in specific cultural groups, communities, or contexts. They are recognized
locally as coherent patterns of experience.

 Bughat - Binat is a local Filipino term which translates to “relapse.” In

Cebuano it is called Bughat. Binat or bughat occurs when someone is
recovering from illness but gets sick again shortly after or even during the
recovery period. It usually comes as one or a combination of symptoms:
headache, body pain, fever, etc.
 Usog/ Buyag - a sickness or hex, where an affliction or psychological disorder is
attributed to a greeting by a stranger, or an evil eye hex. It usually affects an
unsuspecting child, usually an infant or toddler, who has been greeted by a visitor or a
stranger; flatulence; gas.

B. System of Diagnosis
 Preventions & Healing - What's the cure for usog? If a child is afflicted with usog,
parents or elders will try to “treat” it by applying or massaging coconut oil, langis, or
aceite de manzanilla on the baby's belly. Others will bring the child to an albularyo or
manghihilot.
 For Bughat Adapt a soft food diet., Wear comfortable clothing, Take
paracetamol to help alleviate symptoms, Apply damp cloths to your
forehead & Avoid physical exertion.

C. Health as a Human Right

 The WHO Constitution (1946) envisages “…the highest attainable
standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being.”
Acknowledging health as a human right recognizes a legal
obligation on states to ensure access to timely, acceptable, and
affordable health care.

G. Social & Political Stratification

A. Social Desirable
B. Power - a defensive tendency to avoid criticism and to depict oneself as
conforming to social norms.
C. Wealth - the total value of an individual or family, including income, stocks,
bonds, real estate, and other assets
D. Prestige - refers to the reputation or esteem associated with one's position in
society. A person can earn prestige by his or her own achievements, which is known
as achieved status, or they can be placed in the stratification system by their inherited
position, which is called ascribed statusrefers to the reputation or esteem associated
with one’s position in society. A person can earn prestige by his or her own
achievements, which is known as achieved status, or they can be placed in the
stratification system by their inherited position, which is called ascribed status.

B. Social Mobility
 Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households or other
categories of people within or between social strata in a society.
I. Open ( Class )
 An open system describes a society with mobility between
different social classes. Individuals can move up or down in the
social rankings; this is unlike closed systems, where individuals
are set in one social position for life despite their achievements.
II. Closed (Caste)
 a closed system is characterized by limited social mobility, where
individuals' social positions are largely determined by their
ascribed status, such as their race, gender, or family background.

C. Social Inequality
i. Access to Social, Political and Symbolic Capital
 Social - Social inequality is the condition of unequal access to the
benefits and rights of society. In a purely equal society, every
citizen is equally able to contribute to the overall wellbeing of that
society, and they are equally able to benefit from their membership
within that society.
 Political – The exercise of power can shape public debate, social
norms and decision making.
 Symbolic Capital - Refers to the resources available to a group or
individual on. The basis of honor, prestige, recognition.

ii. Gender Inequality

 is discrimination on the basis of sex or gender causing one sex or
gender to be routinely privileged or prioritized over another.
 Gender equality is a fundamental human right and that right is
violated by gender-based discrimination.
iii. Ethnic Minorities
 The idea of race refers to superficial physical differences that a particular
society considers significant, while ethnicity describes shared culture.
And the term "minority groups" describe groups that are subordinate, or
that lack power in society regardless of skin color or country of origin.
- Ilocano
- Hiligaynon
- Bicolano
- Pangasinan
- Malay & etc.

iv. Other Minorities

- Any small group in society that is different from the rest because of
their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to
such a group: ethnic/religious minorities.
 Voluntary minorities.
 Gender and sexuality minorities.
 Disabled people.
 Religious minorities.
 Women as a disadvantaged group.