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| Course ID: | NUTR 6210E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Cultural Approaches to Health and Nutrition | Course
Description: | Explores the intersections of culture, health, nutrition, and communication, including various conceptualizations of culture, factors contributing to health and nutrition inequities, and facilitators of health through cultural approaches. Students will engage in self-reflection and build competency in the promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion in health and nutrition. | | Oasis Title: | Cultural Health NUTR | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | As a result of the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Describe various conceptualizations of culture and their use in identifying problems and solutions related to health and nutrition.
2. Discuss forms, functions, and meanings of health, illness, and healthcare in a range of cultural contexts.
3. Recognize the influence of culture, ethnicity, race, heritage, family, religion, spirituality, group-based identity, and related factors on health behaviors and practices.
4. Identify sociocultural, interprofessional, clinical, and ethical aspects of health and nutrition communication.
5. Illustrate overlapping aspects of social relationships, cultural tendencies, and health theories and behaviors.
6. Discuss the topics of health literacy, health disparities, bias, social inequities, discrimination, and nutrition equity and identify associated implications for health and nutrition professionals.
7. Explain and employ principles and practices of cultural competence, cultural humility, and cultural intelligence in the provision of equitable, diverse, and inclusive health and nutrition communication, care, and services. | | Topical Outline: | Introduction
• The changing U.S. demographic profile: Implications for health and nutrition professionals
• The recent landscape of health communication
• Concepts of diversity, race, ethnicity, culture, privilege, bias
• Overview of equity, inclusion, and belonging: Implications for health and nutrition
• Introduction to cultural competence, cultural humility, and cultural intelligence in health and nutrition communication
Cultural and Health Behaviors
• Thinking about health-related topics using various cultural perspectives
• Forms, functions, and meanings of health, illness, and healthcare in a range of cultural contexts
• Complementary, alternative, and integrative healing approaches in inclusive health promotion
• Religion, spirituality, and cultural diversity
Health Theories/Frameworks in Cultural Contexts + Health Literacy
• Cultural assumptions in health theories, practices, and services
• The Purnell Model and Theory for Cultural Competence
• The Cultural Assessment Framework
• Health literacy
Group-Based Identities + Cultural Approaches for Health Equity
• Group-based identities and cultural approaches to social stigma and health practices
• Power, privilege, racism, prejudice, and bias in health and nutrition
• Allyship
• Social support through cultural perspectives
• Health disparities through different cultural lenses
• Social determinants of health
• Health and nutrition equity
• Interplays between stigma, structures, policies, equity, and justice
Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Health and Nutrition Strategies
• Community-based health interventions in marginalized populations
• Addressing equity and justice in structural barriers and health policies
• Multicultural health communication
• Planning, implementing, and evaluating culturally appropriate health programs/strategies | |