Question

Conduct a literature search to locate a journal article related to the health or health care practices of German, Irish, or Italian people. Present a summary of the journal article, and examine how the information presented may impact your nursing practice. Please provide a copy of the journal article (or hyperlink) if possible.

Answer 1

German health care practices:-
- German health care practices they follow their ethnic group culture and belief....
-Germans they will expect for more personal space than americans do....
-they expect for good communication with eye contact..
-they punctual with their treatement process and expect more education for their illness..
-they will be very particular with their diet regimen, and exercise..
-Outside sources,punishment for sins,lack of cleanliness,self abuse is usuallly the cause for disease they will belief..
-they believe the treatement like medications,surgery,diet,exercise,home remedies,self care for minor illness and prayer and religious ritudes is the traditional healder for them..
-they have self-control with their pain it can be cure by medication..
-they expect for good eye contact with communication..
-german herbal medicine has deep in germanic culture..this is their modern culture and medicine..
-Homeopathy developed with german physician..
-They follow naturopathy favor a holistic approach for general illness to avoid surgery and drugs..
-they are mass-market german herbal medicine and traditional wellness practices
Italian health care practice:
   -Italian americans have their own culture and behaviours..
   -they focused on high value is palced on life,good food and strong family..
   -family is a important part for their culture,decision-making during their illness
   -as they are catholic christian the belief on only their church priest..
    -Unfortunately in italy there is a huge imbalance in the geographical distributions of hospices for terminally ill patients..
   -Most of the nursing homes are located in northern italian regions..
   -for paediatric care padiatrician must be family oriented called family paediatrician..this paediatrician must give psychosocial orientation to the family while they visit the child in the hospital..
   -furthermore,supportive family interventions are not routinely provided for both psychiatric and other severe illness and disability..
   -smoking and obesity are the major cause among them for chronic cardiac and respiratory diseases..
   -Mortality rate higher with diabetesand cancer stomach and nasopharynx are common among italian..
   -Multiple myeloma was found at a higher prevalence in italian migrants in a western australian study..
   -the italian patient expect for a listened to as an equal when disability symptoms and treatment..
   -they are low with their physical activity so obesity is common among them..
   -Older italian people will not go always to nursing home for their aged care they expect only their children must look after them..
   -Italian woman uses only low contraceptive pills..