Module 4 Assignment: Reflec4ons on Culture and Illness
Student Name:
Total: ____ / 24 points
Instruc4ons:
First, watch the video from the link:hGps://youtu.be/SF242mxtZN8
About the video: Sonia Shah explains that we've known how to cure malaria since the 1600s, so why does the disease s?ll kill hundreds of thousands every year? It's more than just a problem of medicine, says journalist Sonia Shah. A look into the history of malaria reveals three big-picture challenges to eradica?ng it.
AGer watching the video, you will select one of the 3 ar?cles about cultural beliefs around Malaria in different parts of the world to read. You can access the readings on the Assignment Descrip?on and upload where you downloaded this worksheet.
There are two short answer ques?ons below and then, a reflec?on essay. Reflec?ve wri?ng involves thinking about what people have said, what you have read, what you yourself are thinking and how your thinking has changed. It is generally believed that the thinking process involves two aspects: reflec?ve thinking and cri?cal thinking. They are not separate processes; rather, they are closely connected.
Reflec?ve wri?ng is a response to new informa?on you gained through learning. It is not summarizing or regurgita?ng informa?on; rather it is reflec?ng on what you learned from the informa?on. Reflec?ve wri?ng is an ac?vity that includesdescrip4on(what, when, who) andanalysis(how, why, what if). It is an explora?ve tool oGen resul?ng in more ques?ons than answers.
Reflec?ve wri?ng is: | Reflec?ve wri?ng is not: |
•your response to experiences, opinions, events or new informa?on | •just conveying informa?on, instruc?on or argument |
•your response to thoughts and feelings | •pure descrip?on, though there may be descrip?ve elements |
•a way of thinking to explore your learning | •simple problem-solving |
•an opportunity to gain self-knowledge | •a summary of course notes |
•a way of making meaning out of what you study | •a standard university essay |
•a way to achieve clarity and beUer understanding of what you are learning | •straighVorward decision or judgement (e.g. about whether something is right or wrong, good or bad) |
Module 4 Assignment: Reflec4ons on Culture and Illness
Module 4 Assignment: Reflec4ons on Culture and IllnessQues4ons:
1. Describe three environmental factors men4oned in video that creates the perfect malarial mosquito habitat. (9 points)Describe means do not list the factor but to elaborate and explain how it creates the perfect malarial habitat. You can list the three factors (3 points) but you need to define each factor (1 point * 3 factors) and explain how it shapes the environment to create malaria risk (1 point * 3 factors).Hint: She offers economic factors that might also be re-framed as environmental factor if carefully defined.
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2. Would you consider wearing the masks to protect from cold and flu? Why or why not? Do you get the flu vaccine each year? Why or why not? Have you been wearing a mask to prevent transmission of COVID-19? Why or why not? (5 points)This is a mini-reflec?on essay to help you get started with wri?ng. Your reflec?on must be descrip?ve and analy?cal, between XXXXXXXXXXwords, and write using proper gramma?cal structure. No need to cite in APA.
3. Reflec4on Essay (10 points):
Sonia Shah compares the mosquito nets with wearing a mask during cold and flu season in the US. Shah also states that “malaria is a normal problem of life.” Consider her argument.
In the textbook (Skolnik, 2016, p. 146), culture is defined as “the complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabili?es and habits acquired by man/ woman as a member of society.”
A simple way to state this is ‘culture is something people have’ and whenever someone says ‘that’s how it’s always been done,’ or ‘that’s the way it always is,’ then, these statements oGen indicate a cultural factor.
1. Compare and contrast what you have learned from the video and at least one of the ar?cles assigned on cultural beliefs on malaria.
Module 4 Assignment: Reflec4ons on Culture and Illness
How has your understanding of culture and disease changed?
AGer reading and learning about cultural challenges of malaria, under what kinds of condi?ons would health educa?on work? Or what strategies might be beUer to solve malaria and why?
Your reflec?on must be descrip?ve and analy?cal, between XXXXXXXXXXwords, cite at least one ar?cle using APA format, and write using proper gramma?cal structure. You may use first person as this is subjec?ve, but you must be analy?cal meaning that you incorporate some of the course concepts and informa?on to describe what you learned through your reflec?on essay.