Health Promotion in Culturally Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

Abstract

America is a diverse culture with multiple people, religions, cultural beliefs, and values. Health promotion is a basic nursing activity. Nurses working in distinct settings interact with multiples cultural groups. Many individuals that are part of diverse cultures are considered vulnerable. Individuals and populations are considered vulnerable because of disparities in health when compared with the dominant population. This article addresses some of the potential influences on health promotion for diverse and vulnerable cultures and identifies strategies to overcome identified barriers. Disparities exist in many health outcomes in the United States; a targeted effort by nurses and other health care providers is key to reducing this gap in health outcomes and improving the health of all Americans.

Physical Activity Interventions with Healthy Minority Adults: Meta-Analysis of Behavior and Health Outcomes

“…114–116 Descriptions of interventions rarely stated that they were designed to match cultural norms. 115, 117 Programs with religious links were faith-placed instead of faith-based. 118 Faith-placed interventions were developed by investigators without any emphasis on faith themes, then delivered by researchers in faith-related locations.…”

Factors Affecting Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors Among Arab American Women

“…Adopting HPLBs is still a challenge for ethnic minorities in both developed and developing countries (Aqtash & Servellen, 2013; Hepburn, 2018; Chiu-Yueh, Maio-Ju, Hua-Shan, & Chia-Yi, 2017; Kim et al, 2015; Tailakh et al, 2016). In the United States, the identification of HPLBs barriers within minority groups can help nurses and health care providers to develop effective strategies to overcome those barriers (Montgomery & Schubart, 2010). Relevant studies that used the HPM documented many factors that affect the individual’s engagement in HPLBs, such as health self-efficacy, social support, acculturation, and stress.…”

Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Physical Activity Among Minority Populations: An Umbrella Review

“…37 Further, many of the reported modifications to culturally match interventions to target groups might be considered surface matching instead of deeper cultural matching. [38][39][40] For example, authors of review articles noted some interventions were delivered in churches. It is unclear if these interventions were faith-placed as compared to faith-based.…”