Case Study - Culture - Migration To Australia - Assessment Answer

Case Study Assignment

Case Scenario

Australia is well known as a multicultural society with many diverse cultures being represented. As an Enrolled Nurse, there will be many occasions where it is vital to have an understanding of a co-worker / patient’s culture. Culturally inclusive care begins with an understanding of, and respect for, cultural diversity and can lead to nursing practices / interventions / care that are culturally sensitive and appropriate for a specific patient or co-worker.

Choose one (1) Culture from the following list:

1. Australia

2. Greece

3. Italy

4. India

5. China

Assignment Task

You will conduct research; then answer the following questions about migration to Australia; the differing needs in relation to health; the importance of identifying culturally sensitive and appropriate nursing care / practices; and the available resources for the particular culture you have chosen.

Migration experience: Give a brief summary of the history of this culture’s experience in migrating to Australia, including the approximate current population.

Health care practices / Beliefs / Hospital practices: Describe one example for Health practices / Beliefs / Hospital practices, e.g. traditional; or religious; or folk healing; or western medicine; or family’s role in hospital care; or birth; or disability; or aged care; or death.

Communication factors / styles: Describe one example of a communication factor / style for this culture and how it may affect working with, or caring for a person from this culture, e.g. behaviour; or touch; or eye contact; or gender issues; or expression of pain.

Diseases / health issues: Describe one typical disease / health issue that is specific to; or has a higher incidence in people from this ethnic / cultural group; and describe how this health issue would be managed within this cultural setting.

Nursing care / practices: Describe oneexample of a nursing care / practice that would be culturally sensitive and appropriate for this specific ethnic / cultural group.

Resources / Organisations: Describe one resource / organisation in Melbourne or Victoria or Australia that is available / accessible to assist this specific culture’s needs.

Migration Experience

India is a developing country with a large population. According to Maharaj & Bandyopadhyay (2013), its people strongly believe in its cultures which have become a danger to some peoples’ lives to some extent. The 2013 Australian immigration report shows that over 130,000 Indians have migrated into the country for the past decade due to health practices and solutions. Currently, the Indian population in Australia is about 131,000 people. The Indian migrants to Australia say that their culture in their own country was not providing a favourable environment for their treatment (Mullan, 2005). They were not receiving palliative care effectively and could make their condition worse thus migrated to Australia for good health care.

Health Care Practices

In Indian culture, for instance, personal or patients autonomy is highly valued and his/her personal ideas and information or plans are not to be shared with other people. According to Parahoo (2014), the fact that it’s a taboo for a person to expose her or his body has hindered so many health care practices to solve some health problems. There is also a higher or larger population in India, and since most of the people respect their religious and social norms, it becomes difficult for the doctors and nurses to extract enough information on what they are suffering from. According to Brady (2005), as a result, the patient might not be well treated thus result in poor health practices to some extent.

Communication Factors

The Indian people have a strong accent that can make communication difficult with non-Indians. For Instance, the Indian people who speak in their Hindu language finds it hard to speak good Australian English due to their accent that is full of ‘sh’ and ‘kh’ which might make some English words difficult for them to pronounce. According to Charles et al. (2014), sometimes they might pronounce an English word in their accent which might mean different thing in English thus making communication difficult. Therefore, Indian accent is the main communication factor that can cause communication barriers with Australian physicians.

Diseases/Health Issues

The most Killer disease among the Indian people is HIV/AIDS. As said earlier, India is a country with so many people who live in densely populated areas. As a result, the rate of sexual misbehaviours is high thus posing high risks for conducting HIV/AIDS. Over 10,000 people die in India annually due to HIV/AIDS disease (Dennis et al., 2007). Since it is a developing country, most people are poor or averagely living, and most of them are ignorant of their health status. Therefore, they discover the disease when it’s late thus causes so many deaths.

Nursing Care Practices

One of the major nursing care practices appropriate for the India people in Australia is quality primary care. This issue is beyond the normal logistic since the Indian people have been raised in densely populated areas and have been used to faster and less quality treatment especially when they are poor. According to Laroia & Sharma (2006), lack of palliative health care has been a major issue that has caused the health of many Indians to have bad health. Therefore, providing the Indian people with a good palliative care would be beneficial to them, and that would help them improve their health lives and practices.

Australian India Society of Victoria

The Australian India Society of Victoria was established in the year 1963 to take care of the health care issues of the people living in the city of Victoria. According to Mihrshahi et al., (2010), the organisation is committed and focused on helping the new Indian Immigrants into Australia especially in the City of Victoria. It also supports the already established Indian Australians in ensuring that their health care issues are well taken care of in accordance with their culture. Since the Indian people greatly respect their culture, the organisation has ensured that they are well represented.

Migration Experience

India is a developing country with a large population. According to Maharaj & Bandyopadhyay (2013), its people strongly believe in its cultures which have become a danger to some peoples’ lives to some extent. The 2013 Australian immigration report shows that over 130,000 Indians have migrated into the country for the past decade due to health practices and solutions. Currently, the Indian population in Australia is about 131,000 people. The Indian migrants to Australia say that their culture in their own country was not providing a favourable environment for their treatment (Mullan, 2005). They were not receiving palliative care effectively and could make their condition worse thus migrated to Australia for good health care.

Health Care Practices

In Indian culture, for instance, personal or patients autonomy is highly valued and his/her personal ideas and information or plans are not to be shared with other people. According to Parahoo (2014), the fact that it’s a taboo for a person to expose her or his body has hindered so many health care practices to solve some health problems. There is also a higher or larger population in India, and since most of the people respect their religious and social norms, it becomes difficult for the doctors and nurses to extract enough information on what they are suffering from. According to Brady (2005), as a result, the patient might not be well treated thus result in poor health practices to some extent.

Communication Factors

The Indian people have a strong accent that can make communication difficult with non-Indians. For Instance, the Indian people who speak in their Hindu language finds it hard to speak good Australian English due to their accent that is full of ‘sh’ and ‘kh’ which might make some English words difficult for them to pronounce. According to Charles et al. (2014), sometimes they might pronounce an English word in their accent which might mean different thing in English thus making communication difficult. Therefore, Indian accent is the main communication factor that can cause communication barriers with Australian physicians.

Diseases/Health Issues

The most Killer disease among the Indian people is HIV/AIDS. As said earlier, India is a country with so many people who live in densely populated areas. As a result, the rate of sexual misbehaviours is high thus posing high risks for conducting HIV/AIDS. Over 10,000 people die in India annually due to HIV/AIDS disease (Dennis et al., 2007). Since it is a developing country, most people are poor or averagely living, and most of them are ignorant of their health status. Therefore, they discover the disease when it’s late thus causes so many deaths.

Nursing Care Practices

One of the major nursing care practices appropriate for the India people in Australia is quality primary care. This issue is beyond the normal logistic since the Indian people have been raised in densely populated areas and have been used to faster and less quality treatment especially when they are poor. According to Laroia & Sharma (2006), lack of palliative health care has been a major issue that has caused the health of many Indians to have bad health. Therefore, providing the Indian people with a good palliative care would be beneficial to them, and that would help them improve their health lives and practices.

Australian India Society of Victoria

The Australian India Society of Victoria was established in the year 1963 to take care of the health care issues of the people living in the city of Victoria. According to Mihrshahi et al., (2010), the organisation is committed and focused on helping the new Indian Immigrants into Australia especially in the City of Victoria. It also supports the already established Indian Australians in ensuring that their health care issues are well taken care of in accordance with their culture. Since the Indian people greatly respect their culture, the organisation has ensured that they are well represented.