How Culture Affects Health.
<!-- Ezoic Code --> <script src="//www.ezojs.com/basicads.js?d=elisholistichealth.blogspot.com" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- Ezoic Code --> Culture can simply be described as a way of life. It includes aspects such as values, beliefs, norms, language, art, rituals and practices shared by a group of people or community in a given place or time. Our cultures influences how we grow and shape our core values, beliefs systems and behaviors. Culture has a vast impact on how we all experience health. However, some cultural manifestations are more covert and not easily noticable. Cultures influences health in the following ways. 1. Harmful Cultural Practices . Every culture around the world has its own unique cultural practices that have a direct influence on health. Harmful cultural practices enhance spread of diseases and lead to I'll health. Such practices include; a) FGM - Female Genital Mutilation is defined by the...