Module 5

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Module 5

• The Cultural Context
• of Prevention

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Expectations

• What does culture mean?
• What are your expectations when it comes to
  talking about culture?
• What words, topics, and information do you expect
  to hear and discuss?

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A Definition of Culture

• The collectively agreed upon knowledge,
  experience, values, ideas, attitudes, skills,
  tastes and techniques that are passed on from
  more experienced members of a community to new
  members

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Dimensions of Diversity

• What does Diversity mean?
• In pairs review the definitions and discuss
• Which definition or definitions are most relevant
  to your current work in prevention?
• Which definition or definitions do you want to
  learn more about in order to be more successful
  as a preventionist?

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Why Study Culture and Diversity?

• Think about this question as it relates to the
  following areas

• Assessment
• Capacity building
• Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Sustainability

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Quilt Activity Instructions

• Orient your quilt square horizontally
• Draw pictures or words depicting a belief, value,
  or custom from your own culture that relates to
  health and wellness
• Write your name on your quilt square if you are
  willing to answer questions about it
• Tape your quilt squares into rows and columns on
  the wall

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Conflicting Messages about Substance Abuse
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Values of Dominant U.S. Culture

• Individualism
• Activity and work
• Material comfort
• Science
• Achievement and success

• Freedom
• Group superiority
• Equal opportunity
• Progress
• Practicality and efficiency

(Macionis, 1991)
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U.S. Values Activity Instructions

• Look at the different values posted on signs
  around the room
• First, choose the value that you think best
  encourages substance use or abuse stand by that
  value and share your thoughts with others who
  have chosen the same value
• After the class has discussed their choices as a
  group, select the value that you think most
  discourages substance use/abuse and move to stand
  by that value share again

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Viewpoints of Prevention

• Moral Crusader
• Socioeconomic and Ethnic Chauvinist
• Doctor
• Scaremonger
• Educator
• Blamer

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Our Files

• Acquired from many sources
• Influence behavior and decisions making
• Unavoidable, BUT
• Manageable

CSAP training library Principles for Prevention
Partnerships Part 2 Valuing Cultural Diversity
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Adultism

• Behaviors and attitudes based on the assumption
  that adults are better than young people, and are
  entitled to mistreat and disrespect young people
  simply because they are young.

Understanding Adultism A Key to Developing
Positive Youth-Adult Relationships by John Bell
full text at http//freechild.org/bell.htm
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Interrupting AdultismActivity Instructions

• Divide into pairs/trios
• Think of at least one example of Adultism you
  have witnessed (preferably in prevention work)
  and prepare a SHORT (1 min) role play of one of
  these examples
• 1 or 2 groups will perform their role play
• As you watch, think about ways that we could
  interrupt and/or prevent this type of behavior

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Cultural Competence for Prevention Professionals

• Review the requirements of a culturally effective
  prevention professional
• Circle the numbers with which you have had some
  success
• Check the items about which you would like to
  learn more

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A Culturally Effective Prevention Program
Utilizes resources to appropriately address the
diverse needs, histories, cultures and strengths
within a community
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Strategic Prevention Framework
Assessment Profile population needs, resources,
and readiness to address needs and gaps
Capacity Mobilize and/or build capacity to
address needs
Planning Develop a Comprehensive Strategic Plan
Implementation Implement evidence-based
prevention programs and activities
Evaluation Monitor, evaluate, sustain, and
improve or replace those that fail
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Strategic Prevention Framework Activity

• Form case study groups
• Your group will be assigned one step of the
  Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)
• Reflecting on your case study community, discuss
  ways you would consider issues of culture and
  diversity in your stage of the SPF
• Be prepared to report to the large group

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Gathering Information About a Community

• Consult with the Experts
• Individuals/groups from the target community
• Others working with similar groups
• Academicians
• Library Research
• Census data, reports and statistics
• Medical and public health references
• Behavioral and social science literature
• Local newspapers

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Assess Your Own Organization

• Organizational diversity
• Community interfacing
• Capacity for investment
• Appropriateness of materials and process
• Where is your organization successful?
• (Office of Minority Health, Public Health
  Service, and U. S. Department of Health and Human
  Services publication available at
  http//www.omhrc.gov.CLAS )

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Case Study Activity

• Discuss what a culturally competent and inclusive
  prevention organization would look like in this
  case study community
• Use the worksheet, Creating a Culturally
  Competent and Inclusive Prevention Organization
  to specifically describe certain aspects of such
  an organization
• Be prepared to report out

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Envision the Perfect Prevention Program Now,
whats your plan to get there?