Presentation Guidelines
Your presentation should address the following five points. This assignment should be submitted as a PowerPoint presentation with abstract, references, and appendices included separately.
Description of Target Population. Include demographic and census data, ethnic and cultural health practices, religious belief systems, language, nutrition, literacy, education, etc. (15 points)
Description and Analysis of Health Beliefs. Interpret health beliefs of the target population in relation to both health and illness.
Description of Illness Needs. Use epidemiologic data to support this section. (15 points)
Management of Health and Illness Needs. How does the target population manage health and illness needs? How does this
group interact with members of the mainstream healthcare delivery system? How does this group access services to manage
health and illness needs? Does this population utilize cultural/traditional health practices and providers? Describe. (20 points)
Summary and Analysis. This section should include a description of the dominant health care culture and areas of conflict between
the cultural group and the health care system. Given this analysis, clearly state the implications for nurses and the health care
delivery system. (20 points)
Format of presentation including APA, abstract, references & appendices (15 points) (see attached Checklist)
Submit the presentation using the Submission link.
The following outline from Spector, R.E. (2000) can serve as a guide for the collection of data:
Demographic Data
Total population size in relation to town/community
Breakdown of areasresidential
concentration
Breakdown by age, sex, education, occupation, income
Nations of origin of residents
Traditional Health Beliefs
Definition of health and illness
Overall health status
Causes of Illness
Poor eating habits
Wrong food combinations
Virus, bacteria or other organisms
Punishment from God
Evil eye, hexes, spells or envy
Witchcraft
Environmental changes
Exposure to drafts

Over or under worked
Grief or loss
Additional Considerations
Methods of maintaining, protecting or restoring health
Patterns and use of MD and other health care resources
What kind of providers do they use/avoid and why?
Use of traditional healers
Childbearing
and child rearing beliefs and practices
Rituals and beliefs surrounding death and dying
The Cultural Assessment assignment is worth 25% of your total grade for the course. The actual “look” and format of the
presentation is worth 15 points of that 25%. The following is a guide for you to use in preparing the actual presentation.
Guidelines
Checklist
Title Page
First slide
· Description of content of presentation
· Include name
Purpose/Objectives
Second Slide
· Description of purpose and objectives
Target Audience
Third Slide
· Description of audience/professional or client
Organization/Outline
Fourth Slide
· Major topics of presentation
Slides
525
· Each slide contains no more than 68
lines of information
· Prepare a minimum of one slide for each topic on the outline
· Prepare a maximum of 25 slides total
Slide Aesthetics
Clipart and Screen Design
· Readable
· Good use of color
· Animation or special effects not required
· Not distracting from content
· Clipart used to illustrate content of given slide (not required for each slide)
References
Last slide
· APA format
· Quality and currency of reference