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jparksx

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Compare and contrast the beliefs and values of traditional Mexican American and most Native American tribes concerning health care.
 
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What is Health Psychology, in particular the subdivision of the American Psychological Association (APA Division 38), dedicated to?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Mexican American: both natural biological causes and spiritual causes for illness (Trotter & Chavira, 1997). Mexican American patients may go to a Western doctor to cure a biological problem, only curanderos, or healers, can be trusted to cure spiritual problems. Beliefs include the balance of body types and energies.Many Native American tribes (especially the Navajo) strive to achieve a balance between human beings and the spiritual world (Alvord & Van Pelt, 2000). The trees, animals, earth and sky and the winds are all players in life. Beliefs include spiritual, mental and physical harmony, and harmony with nature.

Answer to Question 2

1 . Advancing the contributions of psychology to the understanding of health and illness through basic and clinical research.2 . Encouraging the integration of biomedical information about health and illness with current psychological knowledge.3 . Promoting education and services in the psychology of health and illness.4 . Informing the psychological and biomedical community and the general public about the results of current research and service activities in this area (APA, 2001).


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