HERITAGE ASSESSMENT

Heritage Assessment



Heritage Assessment

Introduction

Heritage is the treasure of nations, it encompasses of screening the roots from which nations emerge, as well as, the background and foreground of the nations' identity. The word 'Heritage' encompasses of any cultural or traditional identity or trademark that contributes to the accumulation of culture and cultural identities of the nation. The term heritage itself has a very broader perspective when it comes to take into account the significance and ethnic identity of the culture (Spector, 2009). Heritage assessment is a tool that encompasses of religious, cultural as well as, ethnic standing of the nation by evaluating their identities and looking into their accumulation of the cultural milestones. It entails the story of growth and progress of nations over the period of time and progress. Concerning the health professionals, the tool could be of great help. The key job of the tool is to manage the assessment and evaluation of such professionals through the course of health maintenance, health protection, as well as, health restoration. The tool increases the probability of getting to a greater number of affirmative responses by managing the belonging of a person with his cultural heritage (Edelman & Mantle, 2010).

In order to take a complete health assessment pertaining to any family, it is essential to look into factors that evaluate their style of living, biological as well as environmental factors. It also encompasses of social, psychological, as well as, spiritual and cultural dimension that relate directly or otherwise to the livelihood of the person. It lies with the responsibilities of nurses to educate culturally strong families with advanced methods, techniques, as well as, precautions of their healthcare (Kelly & Weber, 2009). They assess the healthy or unhealthy behaviors that are portrayed by the families; with their respective consequences (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). In this regard, an effective mean is the heritage assessment tool. This tool is very useful in setting the stage for assessing and understanding a person's traditional health and illness beliefs and practices and compare them to one's inconsistent heritage, the greater the number of positive responses, the greater the person's identification with a traditional heritage.” Heritage consists of four major components that affect one's health care beliefs socialization, culture, religion and ethnicity. (Spector, 2009)

Discussion

Considering case of a family that resides in Gilbert, Illinois, Chicago. The family has an Indian wife as the lady of the house. The family encompasses of matriarchal system, whereas, the wife has a very high cultural orientation and standing within the family. She was quite particular about practices, as well as, values of the culture in all domains under her operation pertaining to the family. She was grown up India, merely till the age of 9, later on she moved to the United States of America. Her mother was from Lucknow, the city that depicts one of the most devoted spectrums of people that portray and represent Indian culture right from the roots. This city is considered the Golden City of the ...