Latino Health Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices

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Across
  1. 4. are given priority by the government to ensure availability
  2. 6. Some illnesses are found outside the body
  3. 8. Latinos gradually take on the lifestyles of the mainstream culture
  4. 11. Also known as the Hot and Cold Theory
  5. 14. message therapists
  6. 17. Result from the person having experienced strong emotional states
  7. 19. Health services are run by the government
  8. 20. practice espiritismo to heal patients and act as spiritualist mediums to help patients get rid of the spirits
  9. 21. relying on friends and family, self treatment with home remedies is this health practice
  10. 22. Exposure to mainstream culture at school contributed to their becoming bilingual and bicultural.
  11. 23. This group of Latinos came to the US in search of better living conditions, many already in the US
Down
  1. 1. Are more attached to their home countries of origin, including the model of health care.
  2. 2. According to the Hot and Cold Theory, if all 4 _____ are balance, a person is unhealthy.
  3. 3. Express their pride in their heritage and to retain cultural values that do not conflict with the mainstream culture such as food and music
  4. 5. in this system of healing, the patients health problems as well as his or her cultural and religious beliefs are considered.
  5. 7. African, Native American, and European cultures ______ Latinos' views on health.
  6. 9. The believed ____ of illness often determines which type of help someone will seek
  7. 10. came to the US in search for a better life - more readily accepted into mainstream society
  8. 12. A religious health practice in which one negotiates with God, asking for improved health in exchange for giving up something the person enjoys or values
  9. 13. Health in Spanish
  10. 15. World Health Organization
  11. 16. Pan American Health Organization
  12. 17. Resources are limited in Latinamerca, therefore the emphasis of health programs is on ____
  13. 18. More educated Latinos are more willing to accept the _____ of health instead of the religiously influenced one.