Assignment Transcultural Healthcare Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Assignment: Transcultural Healthcare: Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Chinese American Culture
Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Chinese Overview/Heritage
China’s population of over 1.3 billion people is dispersed over 3.7 million square miles, with cultural values differing according to geographic location as well as other variant cultural characteristics.
Chinese in the United States exceed 1.6 million people with the largest communities in California, New York, Hawaii, and Texas.
Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Overview/Heritage
A university education is highly valued; however, few have the opportunity to achieve this life goal because of limited enrollment opportunities.
Often, young adults come to Western countries to attend universities seeking more advanced prestigious educations.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Overview/Heritage
Many newer immigrants are professionals from Hong Kong.
Chinese Confucian ideals emphasize the importance family and neighbors and reinforce the idea that all relationships embody power and rule.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Overview/Heritage
Other important values are filial piety, industry, patriotism, deference to those in hierarchal positions, tolerance of others, loyalty to superiors, respect for rites and social rituals, knowledge, benevolent authority, thrift, patience, courtesy, and respect for tradition.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Chinese Communication
The official language of China is Mandarin (pu tong hua), spoken by about 70% of the population, but other major, distinct dialects such as Cantonese, Fujianese, Shanghainese, Toishanese, and Hunanese exist.
The dialects are so different that often two groups cannot understand one another verbally.
The written language is the same.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Assignment Transcultural Healthcare Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Chinese Communication
Most Chinese people speak in a moderate to low voice tone and consider Americans to be loud.
When asked whether they understand what was just said, the Chinese invariably answer in the affirmative to avoid loss of face.
The Chinese share information freely once a trusting relationship has developed.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Chinese Communication
Most Chinese maintain a formal distance with each other as a form of respect.
Many are uncomfortable with face-to-face communications, especially when there is direct eye contact.
Titles are important to Chinese people.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
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Chinese Communication
The family name is stated first and then the given name.
Calling an individual by any name except his/her family name is impolite. If a person’s family name is Li and the given name is Ruiming, then the proper form of address is Li Ruiming.
Traditional women do not use their husband’s name after they get married.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Copyright © 2013 F.A. Davis Company
Chinese Communication
Many Chinese take an English name as an additional given name because Chinese names are often difficult for Westerners to pronounce.
Some give permission to use only the English name.
Some switch the order of their names to be the same as those of Westerners with the family name last.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Traditionally the Chinese family was organized around the male lines.
Most believe that the family is most important and, thus, each family member assumes changes in roles to achieve this harmony.
Children are highly valued because of the Chinese government’s past mandate that each married couple may only have one child.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Independence is not fostered. The entire family makes decisions for the child even into young adulthood.
Children born in Western countries tend to adopt the Western culture easily.
Adolescents maintain their respect for elders even when they disagree with them.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Children feel pressure to succeed to help improve the future of the family; thus, most children and adolescents value studying over playing and peer relationships.
Children are taught to curb their expression of feelings because individuals who do not stand out are successful.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Chinese children in the USA are becoming more outspoken as they read more and watch television and movies from the Western world.
The perception of family is developed through the concept of relationships. Each person is identified in relation to others in the family.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
The individual is not lost, just defined differently from individuals in Western cultures.
Extended families are important.
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition
Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Children may live with their grandparents or aunts and uncles so individual family members can obtain a better education or reduce financial burdens.
Teenage pregnancy is not common, but it is increasing among Chinese in America. Transcultural Healthcare: Chinese Family Roles and Organization
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
Hi Class,
Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
- Here are some helpful links
- Student paper example
- Citing Sources
- The Writing Center is a great resource
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I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!
