Tabytha Balash
Ohio University
Introduction
Obstetrics is special specialty that cares for millions of people each year across numerous cultures. Obstetrics is not just one individual, but care for mother and baby. Caring for individuals of another culture and ethnic background can be difficult due to different cultural practices and predisposed genetic health conditions. This paper will discuss the cultural background of Aisha, a pregnant African-American female in her early twenties with hypertension, and how she perceives her health. Next, the paper will discuss the actual issue that Aisha has hypertension, and does not have the knowledge or finical means to seek medical care, therefore, endangering …show more content…
Churches are main organization for health promotional programs, and the first source of support for low-income African-American population (Carter-Edwards et al., 2012). The prevention and treatment of chronic disease of African-American’s are difficult because their cultural belief is to turn to elders for health care decisions, the church pastor, and to nature for healing …show more content…
Aisha can be educated through the use of outside resources such as community outreach programs, home health care, programs through her church, dieticians to control her diet, and her general doctor, and her Obstetrician on the effects of hypertension. Aisha can be connected with her church group to help cover the cost of her medications, and connected to a social worker to help her apply for state aid. These interventions would allow Aisha to make educated decision about her health, her unborn child’s, and her son’s health. She will have a better understanding of the hypertension and the affects on the body. She will have a better understanding that hypertension can occur at any age. There are community networks that are being developed to help support faith-based organization. One example is The Community Empower Network (CEN), which was develop in 2005 to establish wellness centers, health ministries, to train lay health workers, and to provide health screenings (Carter-Edwards et al.,