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Name the Risk Factor
Common Diseases
Prevention
Nursing Actions
Barriers to Healthcare
100
A disease that is a risk factor for both hypertension and diabetes
What is obesity
100
BMI over 30
What is obesity
100
preventions for obesity
What is healthy diet and adequate exercise?
100
Changing a person's habits in order to increase health in a culturally competent way.
What is re-patterning?
100
Inability to understand English
What is the language barrier?
200
little to no physical activity
What is sedentary lifestyle?
200
uncontrolled high blood pressure
What is hypertension
200
preventions for diabetes
What is healthy diet and adequate exercise
200
Because of the importance of family in Somali culture nurses should include family in medical decisions and diagnoses.
What is cultural preservation?
200
Inability to buy healthy foods or afford health care
What is economic barrier?
300
Eating too many high-fat foods and not enough fruits and vegetables
What is poor diet?
300
Uncontrolled blood sugar due to insulin intolerance
What is Diabetes?
300
prevention for hypertension
What is healthy diet and adequate exercise?
300
Providing gender specific care (eg. male nurses for male patients)
What is cultural accommodation?
300
Being unfamiliar with western medicine, food, or social customs.
What are cultural barriers?