Here is a recording link from our class on 3/25/24 where we introduced this unit's topics. On Wednesday, 3/27/24 we will focus on this project specifically, here is a recording from that lesson.
To answer the questions below you can create a written response, sketch out your responses, or create a table to show your work. I will give some examples during the class session to help you get started.
Here are the unit 1 slides to help you with this work.
10 points
10
Question 1
1.
Research Historical Events of Healthcare
Create a timeline showing five events you believe had the most impact on modern-day healthcare. State why you believe these events are the most impactful.
6 points
6
Question 2
2.
Healthcare Delivery Systems
Identify three different types of healthcare facilities. Provide one example of the type of care one could expect to receive at each facility.
Native American Traditional Medicine
Explore the resources below to learn about the healthcare systems of some of the tribal nations in our area and across America.
Quinault Indian Nation - Health and Wellness
Indian Health Services
Article: GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS INTERACTING WITH AMERICAN INDIAN (NATIVE AMERICAN; FIRST NATION) PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
2 points
2
Question 3
3.
Consider the story of the Huckleberry Medicine.
What are some of the values of the native people in the Puget Sound region that you noticed in the story related to healthcare?
2 points
2
Question 4
4.
The excerpt below is from an article in the Journal of Nurse Practitioners
Indigenous Native American Healing Traditions
Read the section below and select the sentence or phrase that describes how Native Americans traditionally treat their overall health.
Native American (NA) traditional healing is identified by the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) as a whole medical system that encompasses a range of holistic treatments used by indigenous healers for a multitude of acute and chronic conditions or to promote health and wellbeing.2 While there are individual tribal differences (i.e., the use of specific healing practices), there are also shared health beliefs and interventional strategies, including a health promotion foundation that embraces bio-psycho-socio-spiritual approaches and traditions. Native Americans in Arizona run each day to greet the dawn, a practice that not only conditions their bodies but also nourishes their spiritual wellbeing. Stories and legends are used to teach positive behaviors as well as the consequences of failing to observe the laws of nature. Herbs, manipulative therapies, ceremonies, and prayer are used in various combinations to prevent and treat illness.1
For thousands of years, traditional indigenous medicine have been used to promote health and wellbeing for millions of Native people who once inhabited this continent. Native diets, ceremonies that greet the seasons and the harvests, and the use of native plants for healing purposes have been used to live to promote health by living in harmony with the earth. Increasingly, younger generations of Native people are abandoning these traditions -opportunities for a close connection to the earth – with a resultant increase in disease and impaired health states. Less than 100 years ago, diabetes was almost unheard of among NA. Today diabetes runs rampant through many tribes as they integrate into the mainstream culture and adopt the typical American lifestyle. The consequences of abandonment of traditional practices can be readily seen when comparing the health of younger generations of NA to their living elders who are engaged in traditional health practices.
The last 10 points for this assignment can be earned in a team project.
You can contribute to one of the sections outlined below and add information to our Teams notebook. We will use the information to build a 1 page flyer to help teach healthcare workers about the beliefs and practices of Native American patients.
Here is a link to the article that you can use for your research
Religious beliefs
Beliefs related to healthcare
General beliefs and practices
Medicine and Nursing care
Pain management
Care of the elderly
Sacred objects/healing rituals
Diet and food preferences and practices
Beginning of Life Care
End of Life Care
Take a look at the information your classmates contributed and create your flyer to attach in the free response area below.
Refer to the unit 1 slides attached above for more details and resources to help you complete this project.
10 points
10
Question 5
5.
We will review the details of the slides above in our class session on 3/27/24.
This project asks you to examine some of the healthcare practices and beliefs of Native American groups and highlight the way their values are reflected in their healthcare practices.
Create a flyer to help healthcare providers understand this group and be empowered to deliver better quality of care.
Attach a copy of your flyer, insert a link to your google doc (be sure to make visible to anyone with the link), or just tell me that your project has been added to your Teams student notebook.