Health Practices
This practice involves saying specific blessings before consuming food or drink in Orthodox Judaism.
What is prayer?
Orthodox Jews aged 40-59 in the U.S. have this average number of children.
What is 4.1?
When recommending diets, healthcare providers should consider this aspect of Orthodox Jewish culture.
What are religious dietary restrictions?
QSEN competencies include recognizing the patient as the source of this in care
What is control?
Orthodox Judaism emphasizes this concept, meaning adherence to laws and customs.
What is strict adherence?
This term refers to the rule of avoiding physical contact with the opposite gender unless they are close family or a spouse.
What is Shomer Negiah?
Orthodox Jewish communities faced a measles outbreak during these years.
What are 2018-2019?
Healthcare providers should consult this person to ensure medications align with dietary laws.
Who is a pharmacist?
For Orthodox Jewish patients, dietary restrictions must be considered in these two healthcare aspects.
What are nutrition and treatment?
This is the average number of children per Jewish adult overall, compared to Orthodox Jewish adults.
What is 1.9?
Orthodox Jewish dietary laws prohibit the consumption of these two foods.
What are pork and shellfish?
Public health efforts during the measles outbreak included distributing this many doses of the MMR vaccine.
What is 12,500?
This must be avoided when scheduling non-urgent procedures for Orthodox Jewish patients.
What is scheduling on the Sabbath?
Cultural sensitivities must be respected when using this in medical care.
What is medical equipment?
Sabbath observance involves abstaining from these two activities.
What are work and trade?
This weekly observance involves abstaining from work and engaging in spiritual activities from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
What is the Sabbath?
These barriers contributed to vaccination challenges in Orthodox Jewish communities.
What are limited access to culturally sensitive healthcare services and logistical challenges?
Engaging this community figure is recommended for health discussions with Orthodox Jewish patients.
Who is a rabbi?
Nurses should be trained to handle these types of situations to ensure safety and respect.
What are culturally sensitive situations?
This term means "observing touch" in Orthodox Judaism.
What is Shomer Negiah?
The term for foods permitted under Jewish dietary laws.
What is kosher?
Orthodox Jews experience higher rates of these health conditions due to dietary challenges.
What are obesity, anemia, and diabetes?
This practice ensures family discussions can occur before providing informed consent.
What is providing necessary information in advance?
Medication adherence might be impacted by these cultural challenges.
What are misunderstandings?
Name one public health initiative that helped control the measles outbreak in Orthodox Jewish communities.
What is distributing MMR vaccine doses?