This document provides instructions for an assignment on cultural competence in healthcare. It defines key terms like cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural competence. Students must write a 3-5 page paper explaining how cultural competence improves health outcomes and identifying differences between the key terms. The paper must also discuss how geographic regions can influence culture and provide examples of how 5 cultural factors may impact a pediatric patient's health for a specific culture. A brief cultural self-assessment is also required.

1. Differences between cultural awareness and cultural competence
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cultural awareness and cultural competenceAssignment DetailsThis assignment is a formal
paper. This includes APA format, title page, headings, literature review, proper citation per
APA, logical sequence, conclusions, clarity, understanding of the topic, and reference list.
The paper should be 3–5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page. The
paper must demonstrate independent ideas and conclusions. At a minimum, the following
topics must be well articulated in the paper. Remember that discussion of each topic
requires citations that are current (less than 5 years old) and relevant. Please refer to the
grading rubric for how your paper will be graded.Assignment Requirements: Based upon
current evidence-based research, explain how cultural competence improves health
outcomes. Identify the differences between cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and
cultural competence. Discuss why geographic regions, such as Appalachia, are often
associated with a particular culture. Below is a list of five cultural factors that can have a
significant impact on health outcomes. For each factor, give an example of how a particular
culture (for example Mexican Americans) may affect the health and development of a
pediatric patient. Health Beliefs Health Customs Religious Beliefs Dietary Customs Conduct
a brief cultural self-assessment that includes: What culture do you identify with? How does
your culture view diversity? Explain the impact of your culture on healthcare decisions.
Explain how your culture views the dying process. Are there any particular customs, foods,
holidays, and beliefs that strongly represent your culture? Before finalizing your work, you
should: be sure to read the assignment description carefully(as displayed above); consult
the Grading Rubric(under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included
everything necessary; and utilize spellingand grammar checkto minimize errors.Your
writing assignment should: follow the conventions of Standard English(correct grammar,
punctuation, etc.); be well ordered, logical,and unified, as well as original and insightful;
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rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a
lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with
numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your
paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary.
Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors.
Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12

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small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the
recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large
type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between
lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding”
to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your
professor.The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on
the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white
paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to
follow your argument.