Culture Based Interview. Create a 3-5 page APA paper (7th edition) based off interviewing a person of a different culture. Interview Questions to guide conversation/paper. You may select questions from this list to guide your interview, as well as add your own. What is your history? What is your home of origin? Why did you/your family settle there? Do you work and what type of work do you do? What are some of your family customs and roles of members within your family? What is your role in your family? Does birth order play a role in your family position or custom? How closely do you identify with and affiliate with your culture? How assimilated into the mainstream culture are members of your family and how well is that accepted by the rest of the family? What are the gender roles in your culture? And in your family? What religious or spiritual beliefs are influential in your culture and for your family? What are your family beliefs about around child rearing and discipline?
What would be the characteristics and practices of people who are considered to be excellent parents in your culture? What are the power structures in your family? Is age a factor in who has power? How are decisions made at the family and community level? Who holds positions of formal power in your culture? Who are the most powerful informal leaders in your community? Who held positions of power in the past? What is your concept of health?Culture Based Interview. What are customary health practices and beliefs? Who is responsible for and influences health care? Do you use home or folk remedies, a healer, shaman or some other traditional or spiritual healer? What is your concept of time? Is this the same as others in your culture? What is your concept of personal space? What is considered appropriate touch between people of various relationships? (Consider how people greet each other when they are first introduced, when they greet friends, when they greet relatives).
Culture Based Interview. How can you communicate effectively in your culture? Consider the meaning of tone of voice, gestures, eye-contact, overall body language, terminology used to describe health, and face-saving behaviors. Identify and verify customs, beliefs, and practices that might be misinterpreted by established institutions within your community e.g. schools, law enforcement, social services, health care providers (this includes such beliefs around certain body parts such as the head, male and female circumcision, cutting or puncturing the skin, transfusions, autopsies etc.
Use APA referencing style.