"Face to Face with chronic disease" is not only in low and poor developed countries. These same faces are the ones that come to the Unites States in hope of a better life, better treatments, and health care equality. However, the rooted health care and cultural practices come with the individual as they are part of their make up and self identity. Poor quality of life that sometimes become a chronic disease can also be generational, pass from one generation to the next ( I refer to poor health habits and practices). We do need to understand how chronic diseases affect people and the way they interact and access health care services. We cannot longer continue making decisions, treatment plans, and quality improvement initiatives without having a good understanding of the role of cultural values and practices. How up-bringing in a society that has specific health care practices and believes play an important role of how a person will interact with their providers. For decades we have being talking about the same thing, just definitions keep changing. Chronic condition self-management is linked to people's culture, now we need to figure out how to translate many therories into practice.
Here is a link from WHO with some very interesting stories, hope you like them.
WHO | Face to face with chronic disease
Helen Dao, MHA
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