Analysis of Buganda Culture at Pregnancy and Birth This paper describes the Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model in form of communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations, and how these models apply to the Buganda Culture. Social and communication organizations are discussed more in the nursing implications of Buganda culture
Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model is the most used models for nursing students to provide care to patients of diverse cultural backgrounds. The Giger-Davidhizaar Transcultural Assessment Model helps nurses assess differences between people in cultural groups by considering communication, …show more content…
The wealth people usually have a wider personal space, while the poor do not. Some poor people (four to five) share a one bedroom house. The land in Buganda culture is expensive and only few able to own their own land and there is no imposes tax on the houses. Most people tend to rent houses and approximately a two-room house cost 150,000 Ugandan shilling ($ 50 USA). There are some who own houses, but must pay taxes to the Buganda Board. Also, daughter in-law does not sleep in the same house with a father- in-law. This is considered a taboo. Most of the time, when a daughter in law visits her in laws, they have a boy’s courter where she can sleep with her husband, but not in the same house with father in laws. This also applies to the son in law to the mother in law. According to the Buganda culture, daughter in-law must give some distance while speaking to the father- in -law and no eye contact. The hugs and hand checking done in the western cultures by daughter in laws with the father in laws are considered a taboo. This also applies to the son in …show more content…
The Baganda believed in continuity, and after the death of a person, they would install an heir to inherit property and take care of the people that the deceased left behind. The heir would be a son of the deceased if the late were a man. Buganda culture does not allow daughters to be heir to their fathers. The reason for this was because the property was supposed to remain in the clan and when girls get married, take the property of their husband’s clan. However, they can be heirs to their paternal aunties. In cases where the deceased was childless, any male within the clan would be selected to be an heir. So, as Galanti wrote that “sons play a big role in the tradition of Chinese culture,” this also applies to Buganda traditional culture (2008). Traditional marriage is another important aspect of any Muganda. One of the requirements for marriage in Buganda is for a man to pay the bride’s price before asking for a hand in marriage from the bride’s
Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model is the most used models for nursing students to provide care to patients of diverse cultural backgrounds. The Giger-Davidhizaar Transcultural Assessment Model helps nurses assess differences between people in cultural groups by considering communication, …show more content…
The wealth people usually have a wider personal space, while the poor do not. Some poor people (four to five) share a one bedroom house. The land in Buganda culture is expensive and only few able to own their own land and there is no imposes tax on the houses. Most people tend to rent houses and approximately a two-room house cost 150,000 Ugandan shilling ($ 50 USA). There are some who own houses, but must pay taxes to the Buganda Board. Also, daughter in-law does not sleep in the same house with a father- in-law. This is considered a taboo. Most of the time, when a daughter in law visits her in laws, they have a boy’s courter where she can sleep with her husband, but not in the same house with father in laws. This also applies to the son in law to the mother in law. According to the Buganda culture, daughter in-law must give some distance while speaking to the father- in -law and no eye contact. The hugs and hand checking done in the western cultures by daughter in laws with the father in laws are considered a taboo. This also applies to the son in …show more content…
The Baganda believed in continuity, and after the death of a person, they would install an heir to inherit property and take care of the people that the deceased left behind. The heir would be a son of the deceased if the late were a man. Buganda culture does not allow daughters to be heir to their fathers. The reason for this was because the property was supposed to remain in the clan and when girls get married, take the property of their husband’s clan. However, they can be heirs to their paternal aunties. In cases where the deceased was childless, any male within the clan would be selected to be an heir. So, as Galanti wrote that “sons play a big role in the tradition of Chinese culture,” this also applies to Buganda traditional culture (2008). Traditional marriage is another important aspect of any Muganda. One of the requirements for marriage in Buganda is for a man to pay the bride’s price before asking for a hand in marriage from the bride’s