You need to find information related to a specific country's health beliefs and practices. This may include finding out how their healthcare system is organized, and what education is required for nursing professionals in that country. It may also involve gathering statistics on the costs of healthcare or nurse-to-patient ratios in that country.
"Discuss how cultural, ethnic, and social beliefs influence or contribute to responses to health, health promotion, acute illness, and chronic illness?
You will need to investigate a few different types of sources for this assignment. They are:
These sources must contain information about that country's population, healthcare system, and beliefs and practices, and how this influences their healthcare decision-making. You may also come across a specific health disparity or disease that significantly affects the country. You will also need to gather statistics for this assignment. Please look at the following sources below that can help you complete this assignment.
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Tip: It is also advisable to do a general search on the internet for a country's government health organization or ministry of health. These websites can provide more detailed information on the healthcare system in that country, and may also provide some statistical data.
To find a peer-reviewed article for this assignment, you can start by using our library discovery tool, Primo. Depending on what you are looking for, you can build a search using relevant keywords.
For example, if you wanted to know about the cultural influence of Sweden's healthcare system, you could use these keywords:
(Click on the keywords above to see an example search).
On the left-hand side of Primo, you will want to apply the following filters:
You will then need to browse the list of results and pick an article that covers the beliefs and attitudes of that country, and one that also covers a significant health issue.
You will be able to tell if an article is peer-reviewed by the purple indicator below an article title:
You can also build a more comprehensive search using the Advanced Search in Primo:
If I wanted to know about the beliefs, opinions, and attitudes of the Swedish healthcare system, this is what the search would look like:
After building this search, please make sure that you have the "Peer-reviewed Journals, "Articles" and your Date Range filters applied to narrow down the results.
When finding information on nurse-to-patient ratios, you would need to determine if you need actual reported data or articles discussing how important this topic is.
Currently, there is no average number of nurse-to-patient ratios in the United States as a whole, so you would need to look at this at a state level.
Below are some links to help you find data and further information on this topic.