- Only provide charity donations
- Advocate for policies that support economic stability for families, access to education, and social safety nets to reduce the impact of poverty on child health
- Blame parents for poverty
- Focus on individual family finances only
Category: Cultural Health & Society
- Tell them to accept it
- Provide emotional support, encourage discussion of feelings, connect to ostomy support groups, and emphasize adaptation and regaining control
- Ignore their feelings
- Only focus on the physical care of the stoma
- Taking temperature immediately after hot beverage
- Ensuring the child can hold the thermometer under the tongue, waiting the appropriate time, and reading the thermometer accurately
- Using a rectal thermometer for all children
- Not cleaning the thermometer between uses
- Advise residents to use gyms
- Advocate for urban planning that includes creation of parks, walking trails, and safe recreational spaces to promote physical activity
- Tell people to stay indoors
- Only provide information on exercise
- Advise avoiding all outdoor activities
- Educate on tick bite prevention (e.g., repellents, protective clothing), prompt tick removal, and early recognition of neurological symptoms for timely medical attention
- Only focus on treating the encephalitis
- Tell people to ignore tick bites
- Take on an empty stomach
- Take with food or milk, advise contacting healthcare provider if symptoms persist or worsen, and discuss alternative pain management options
- Take more NSAID
- Ignore the stomach upset
- Give medication without explanation
- Use simple language, visual aids, consistent routines, and involve caregivers in medication administration and monitoring
- Tell them they can manage it alone
- Only provide complex written instructions
- Advise residents to plant gardens immediately
- Connect families to food banks, meal programs, SNAP benefits, and advocate for policies that address poverty and economic opportunity
- Tell people to eat less
- Only provide cooking recipes
- Using harsh scrub brushes
- Gently washing the wound with mild soap and water, rinsing thoroughly, and avoiding vigorous scrubbing to prevent further tissue damage
- Applying antiseptic solutions to all wounds
- Not rinsing the wound
- Only focus on individual insurance plans
- Advocate for policies that ensure affordable, comprehensive healthcare coverage for all members of the community, regardless of socioeconomic status
- Ignore access barriers
- Only support private healthcare
- Provide refills without question
- Educate on safe opioid use, monitor for signs of dependence/addiction, discuss non-pharmacological pain management, and collaborate with physician for pain management plan
- Refuse all refills immediately
- Suggest taking more for pain
- Advise them to stay home
- Assess for social determinants of health, connect to senior centers, volunteer programs, and social support networks
- Tell them to find hobbies on their own
- Only discuss medical conditions
- Advise against using air conditioning
- Collaborate with public health officials to investigate environmental sources (e.g., contaminated water systems), issue public warnings, and educate on prevention
- Tell people to drink bottled water only
- Only focus on treating pneumonia
- Blowing gently into the mouthpiece
- Blowing hard and fast into the mouthpiece, taking three readings, and recording the best of the three
- Breathing slowly into the mouthpiece
- Using the device only when feeling short of breath
- Only provide acute care services
- Develop and implement community-based self-management education programs, utilize peer educators, and integrate technology for ongoing support
- Blame individuals for poor self-care
- Focus on hospital-based care only
- Store in the freezer
- Store in the refrigerator at the recommended temperature, away from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures, and avoid freezing
- Store on the counter
- Carry in a warm pocket
- Tell them to adapt to the new culture
- Utilize certified interpreters, provide culturally sensitive care, and connect them to community resources that support cultural integration and health literacy
- Force them to learn English
- Only provide medical treatment
- Only looking for redness
- Recognizing signs like increased pain, swelling, redness, warmth, purulent drainage, and fever
- Ignoring the wound's appearance
- Assuming all wounds are infected
- Blame the youth for their choices
- Implement school-based overdose prevention education, distribute naloxone kits, and increase access to youth-friendly substance abuse treatment
- Only focus on adult drug users
- Advise youth to stay home
