Food and Culture Research Report

Objectives: Analyze the interrelationships among health views, cultural practices, religion, and food. Create a nutrition intervention for a select cultural population

Directions:

Double space and use 12 point font – label and separate into Introduction, part A, part B, and Part C:
- I will deduct 2 points for unlabeled, unseparated sections!
- Total word count of the body 1200-1800 (excluding reference page)
- a minimum of 8 references
  - 6 peer reviewed articles,
  - food and culture textbook
  - and another source
- Must have in-text citations (first author, date) or numbers using a standard text format such as APA, Chicago, MLA, CSE
- Citations must be used for all ideas that are not your own.
- No quotes – interpret in your own words
- Include a reference list that corresponds to the citations using a standard citation format such as APA, Chicago, MLA, CSE
- Follow the instructions below for content

Instructions: answer the following fully using the directions above

Introduction – views of health (5 points)

Discuss how the definitions of health, sickness, and disease vary across cultures. Explain how the biomedical worldview differ from pluralistic health care systems. Include some examples of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) in your explanation.

Part A: Ethnicity* food habits and nutrition (5 points)

Choose an ethnic-group from the Food and Culture textbook and label the group Part A: ‘ethnic group’
Use multiple scientific journal articles with proper citations (see directions above)
Describe their dietary practices using citations and references (no subjective accounts)
Explain how they use foods stay healthy or cure a sickness
Discuss chronic diseases that they are at risk for (use scientific sources)

Part B: Religion, dietary habits, and health (5 points)

Choose a particular religious group (different from part A) and label the group with your specific religion Part B: ‘ Religion’
Discuss how their religion influences their food choices and food habits
Describe the health benefits and/or health concerns the practices may cause

Part C: Educational intervention using intercultural communication. This semester you are developing a Diabetes prevention intervention for adults in a Hispanic community. (10 points)

Consider increasing fruits and vegetables and increasing physical activity when forming your main objectives

At the end of the intervention participants will have

- knowledge of ______
- will make the following behavior changes ____ (2 or 3)

Provide references of interventions using diet and physical activity that have the outcomes you decide

Discuss the methods would you use – they must be modification of actual interventions published in scientific articles and you must provide the reference(s)
- how would you develop your messages and recruit in the Hispanic community- what influence channels would you use?
- how would you keep your participants motivated?
Explain how you would develop your intervention by considering cultural and age preferences
How would you test if your intervention worked? You want to test if they made the behavior change. (Hint: provide an example of three questions you would ask on a survey before and after the program was over)

Rubric

Discuss how the definitions of health, sickness, and disease vary across cultures. Explain how the biomedical worldview differ from pluralistic health care systems. Include some examples of complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) in your explanation. Introduction	5 ptsFull MarksThe interrelationships among health and culture are explained fully with examples of how outlooks vary among cultures using academic references. Complete definitions of biomedical worldview and pluralistic health are provided contrasting differences. Examples of alternative medicine are provided.2.5 ptsHalf MarksThe relationships and definitions of the terms are incomplete and/or missing academic references 0 ptsNo MarksThe introduction does not match the instructions.	5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart A: Ethnicity* food habits and nutrition	5 ptsFull MarksThe nutrition practices and food habits are fully presented for a chosen ethnic group. The student fully explains why cultural competency is needed and how it can affect the ethnic group’s health. Specific examples are provided for how the culture affects eating and what factors need to be considered for health dietary changes to be encouraged using appropriate citations and references. Their traditional health beliefs and practices are fully explained in times of health and sickness using appropriate citations and references2.5 ptsHalf Marks2;5 to 1 point will be given if the major points are not adequately explained and justified by the food and culture textbook and/or other professional resources. 0 ptsNo MarksThe student did not discuss nutrition practices and food habits.	5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart B: Religion, dietary habits, and health	5 ptsFull MarksThe questions are addressed and justified by the food and culture textbook and other resources that fully describe a particular group’s religion and how it affects the person’s dietary habits, and health. The response fully explains how these religious practices affect health both positively and negatively and/ how they can cause health concerns. Statements are justified with peer-reviewed journals using citations and provided in the reference list.2.5 ptsHalf MarksThe way religious practices affects health beliefs and food practices was not adequately explained and justified by the food and culture textbook and other academic references. 0 ptsNo MarksThe student did not address the interrelationship among religion, dietary habits, and health.	5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart C: Development of a nutrition intervention with the assigned population (varies by semester) using Intercultural communication	10 ptsFull MarksComplete description of how and why is given to each of the following by interpreting correctly the food and culture section on intercultural communication and additional references of similar interventions discuss recruitment, influence channels, objectives, methodology, measures of behavior change, testing if it worked1-9.5 ptsHalf MarksThe intervention was not adequately described using the concepts of intercultural communication and with elements from other similar interventions in the literature. The objectives, methods of recruitment, actual intervention procedures, and measures to test the effectiveness of the intervention are incomplete/missing. 0 ptsNo MarksThe student did not provide an intercultural communication intervention as assigned with academic references matching the procedures.	10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength and ReferencesThe overall paper must meet the criteria for length -1200-1800 words, number of and type of references, and proper citation of references to receive credit.	0 ptsMissing References0.5 points will be deducted for each reference missing or not peer-reviewed or government website.0 ptsNo Marks	0 pts

Total Points: 25

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