Human Diversity

1. Human Diversity RTEC A Fall 2009

2. What is Human Diversity? • Is also known as cultural diversity. • It means the inherent differences among people. • It addresses the entirety of the ways people are different and alike.

3. Age Disability Economic status Education Geographic location Organizational level Political affiliation Sexual orientation Ethnicity Family status First language Gender Lifestyle Physical characteristics Religion Work style or ethic Characteristics of Human Diversity

4. Globalization People go into other countries for: • Work • School • Medical care • Visit / Vacation • Live / Relocate • Refuge / Safety

5. Globalization’s Effect • Nation, societies and businesses have become multicultural or cross cultural • Strategies must be employed to understand cultural differences • Strategies needed to mediate conflicts • A concerted effort toward Cultural competency

6. Taking the Lead • Colleges, universities, businesses and health care providers foster cultural diversity. • New trends and New jobs • Offices of diversity • Vice president of equity and diversity • Diversity programs for employees

7. Medical Imaging and Diversity • Through professional organization • American Society of R.T. • American Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers • Society of Nuclear Medicine • How: • Concerted push toward cultural competency • Minority scholarships • Mentoring programs

8. Significant Diversity Traits • Age • Ethnicity • Race • Gender or sexual orientation • Mental or physical disability

9. Age • Cultures assign different values • Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) • 75 million born • Overall healthy and educated • Will be in the work force longer • Age biases in western society • Valuing you over age • Viewing aging as a “bad” thing • Forgetting contributions offered by the aging • Considering seniors as mentally inferior

10. Ethnicity and National Origin • Ethnicity refers to a person’s racial, national, religious, linguistic and cultural heritage. • Overcoming Linguistic Differences • Bilingual staff • Medical interpreters • Encouraging bilingualism • Forms in different languages • Many different cultures as demonstrated in everyday life and by statistical data: U.S. Census 2000.

11. 2000 Caucasian alone- 228,106 African American/ Black alone- 35,704 Native American/ Alaska native alone- 2,664 Asian alone- 10,589 Native Hawaiian/ other Pacific Islander alone- 463 Combination of two or more- 3,898 Hispanic or Latino origin- 35,306 2003 Caucasian alone- 234,196 African American/ Black alone- 37,099 Native American/ Alaska native alone- 2,787 Asian alone- 11,925 Native Hawaiian/ other Pacific Islander alone- 495 Combination of two or more- 4,308 Hispanic or Latino origin- 39,899 2003 Census Report Adler & Carlton 2007

12. Ethnocentrism and Racism • Ethnocentrism is the belief that norms and values of their culture should be standard • Racism is the belief that one race or culture is superior to others

13. Male vs. Female 1900 female roles Today's women Glass ceiling Gender role stereotyping Gender identity Sexual orientation Heterosexual Homosexual Bisexual Ksix Homophobia Gender or Sexual Orientation

14. Mental or Physical Disability • Mental or physical ability is the capacity to perform cognitive and psychomotor tasks with average ability • Those with disabilities have been shunned • Seen as objects or assistance, protection and treatment • 600 million or 10% of the world have some form of disability

15. Four Core Values of Human Rights • Autonomy • Dignity • Equality • Solidarity

16. Elements of Cultural Competency • Valuing Diversity • Possessing the capacity for cultural self assessment • Having a consciousness of the dynamics of cross cultural interaction • Institutionalizing cultural knowledge • Developing adaptations of service based on an understanding of multiculturalism

17. Empathetic Practices • Communication • Assessment and communication • Negotiating

18. Areas of Cultural Diversity related to Health Care • Communication • Space • Time • Environmental control • Biologic Variations • Social organizations