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IRISH CASE STUDY The O’Rourke family lives on a small farm in Iowa and comprises David, aged 30; his wife, Mary, aged 29; and two children: Bridget, aged 7, and Michael, aged 6. Both David and Mary are second-generation Irish. Before purchasing their farm 5 years ago, David sold farm equipment in Ohio. The O’Rourkes are Catholic; Mary converted to Catholicism when they married. 7.Describe the O’Rourke family’s communication patterns. 8.What are the predominant health conditions among Irish immigrants? 9.Explain the significance of the Great Potato Famine for Irish Americans. 10. Name two genetic diseases common among Irish Americans. 11. Identify accepted fertility practices for Irish American Catholics. 12.Identify three sources of strength for the Irish American in times of illness. 13. Identify traditional home remedies commonly used by Irish American

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7 Irish people enjoys jokes and being witty.They are indirect communicators and tries to avoid a conflict.They are often considered as polite talkers and tend to speak in lower tones.Women are given a very specific familial role.So Rourke family commmunication might be the same.

8. Immigrated irish communities are often in worse health than those in native population.Loneliness and isolation often consitute a challenge to the irish society and leads to rising suicidal rate due to depression.The immigrants also posed greater risk for developing cardiovascular diseases ,especially men.A study shows that people who suffered mental illness in family life or school life in ireland may feel less mental distress away from the home nvironment.

9 The Great Potato famine has been one of the turning point events in the history of Ireland.it all began with an unexpected famine occued in Irelad ,while they were for a bumper crop in 1845,where the most of the potato crops harvested were blight.The biggest impact of te famine was a change in the nature of landholding and agriculture and has also lead to great socoial changes.With succeding famine,irish ho married at younger age and had a large family,now opt to remain single unless they get a steady employment resulting in late marriages or unmarried till their end of lives,leading to alcoholism.Due to the consequences of famine millions of irish people have to migrate to America for their good and this lead to increase in the presence of irish communities in many parts of the world,especially America.The famine lead to masss starvation and humanitarian crisis,resulting in increased tensions between Catholic and Protestant.Irish emigrants helped countries such as America and Canada to flourish.

10 Hemochromatosis and Tay-Sachs disease.

11 In the beginning the irish in America had smaller families and their family pattern show clear evidence of fertility control.Irish Americans continued to have large families.Irish-Americans continued to have larger families.The adoption of fertility control within a population represents a new behaviour originating in new knowledge or changes in the moral acceptability of contraception .The cultural explanation of irish fertility shows that they maintained moral objections to limiting family size.the differences between Irish-American and native marriage patterns were due to differences in population characteristics than to difference in the productivity to marry.Irish are particularly resistant to fertility control within the marriage.