Interview someone who has a different cultural background from your own and is of a different gender. Then self-interview and compare your responses with the person you interviewed. Finally using both sets of responses write 35 pages in which you examine cross-cultural and cross-gender similarities and differences in health-related behaviors.
According to Huff (1999) conceptions about health and gender held by various ethnic and immigrant groups within the United States may differ from and even contradict the health concepts of the mainstream society. This assessment will give you the opportunity to examine the concept of being healthy across cultures and genders as well as look at how cultural differences inform social policy related to heath care.
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GENDER AND HEALTH SCORING GUIDE GRADING RUBRICCriteriaNon-performanceBasicProficientDistinguishedCompare and contrast different definitions of health from a cultural perspective.Does not compare and contrast different definitions of health from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrasts different definitions of health from a cultural perspective using inaccurate or incomplete information.Compares and contrasts different definitions of health from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrast different definitions of health from a cultural perspective and analyzes the relationships among the definitions.Compare and contrast gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Does not compare and contrast gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrasts gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective using inaccurate or incomplete information.Compares and contrasts gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrasts gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective and analyzes the relationships among the behaviors.Evaluate current psychological research relating to understanding culture gender and health attitudes.Does not evaluate current psychological research relating to understanding culture gender and health attitudes.Evaluates current psychological research relating to understanding culture gender and health attitudes using inaccurate or incomplete information.Evaluates current psychological research relating to understanding culture gender and health attitudes.Evaluates current psychological research relating to understanding culture gender and health attitudes synthesizing foresight and various perspectives on current psychological research.Compare and contrast gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Does not compare and contrast gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrasts and contrast gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective using inaccurate or incomplete information.Compares and contrasts gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective.Compares and contrasts gender attitudes and behaviors from a cultural perspective and analyzes the relationships between the gender attitudes.Assess how cultural differences inform social policy related to health care.Does not assess social policy related to health care.Assesses social policy related to health care using inaccurate or incomplete information.Assesses social policy related to health care.Assesses social policy related to health care and articulates challenges within the larger legal and societal context.Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the public service profession.Communicates in a manner that is not professional or consistent with expectations for members of the psychology profession.Communicates in a manner that is inconsistent with expectations for members of the psychology profession.Communicates in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the psychology profession.Communicates in a manner that is professional scholarly and consistent with expectations for members of the psychology profession.Apply proper APA formatting and style.Does not apply proper APA formatting and style.Uses adequate written communication but includes some APA errors and inconsistencies.Applies proper APA formatting and style.Applies scholarly writing and uses proper APA formatting and style throughout the assessment.