6 Culture & Health Project
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, there are many hateful anti-Chinese messages circulating in the social media. As well there have been racially motivated attacks on individuals of Chinese origin. The famous singer Bryan Adams, for example blamed the pandemic on “some f…ing bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards” for the spread of COVID-19”. In this tweet, he was obviously referring to people in China.
Based on your understanding of the role of culture in health beliefs including diet preferences, how would you respond to Bryan Adams? (about 200 words)
- Avoid commonsense answers such as “educate them” or “it is not nice to talk bad about other cultures” Instead use psychological terms, scientific research, demographic data, and provide a brief scholarly write-up.
- Given Canada’s multicultural context, examine how our health system must prepare health professionals (doctors, nurses, technologists etc.) to deal with immigrant/refugee patients who come from diverse cultures. Provide concrete, practical strategies.
- Avoid generic advice such as “educate them” . Instead specify details how exactly the professionals may be educated/trained.
- Avoid commonsense answers. Instead use psychological terms, research, demographic data, and provide scholarly responses.