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In 2010, The Global Commission on HIV and Law was launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to make recommendations to countries for better HIV response and treatment. This commission was formed to help eradicate HIV/AIDS globally by changing cultural beliefs about the illness through legal changes, health prevention, and education. Consider how culture-specific concepts of HIV/AIDS, among other psychological processes, may impact the likelihood of successful prevention programming. For this Discussion, review this weeks Learning Resources. Use the African culture and select another culture with different attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to HIV/AIDS. With these thoughts in mind: Provide a brief description of the two cultures you selected, one being the African culture. Then describe two cultural attitudes, two cultural beliefs, and two cultural practices regarding HIV/AIDS in the cultures you selected. Finally, explain two factors that may impede the success of an HIV/AIDS prevention program in the cultures you selected and why. Support your responses using the Learning Resources and the current literature.
Date Posted: 30/01/2013
Category: General
Due Date: 06/02/2013
Due Date: 06/02/2013
Instruction
In 2010, The Global Commission on HIV and Law was launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to make recommendations to countries for better HIV response and treatment. This commission was formed to help eradicate HIV/AIDS globally by changing cultural beliefs about the illness through legal changes, health prevention, and education. Consider how culture-specific concepts of HIV/AIDS, among other psychological processes, may impact the likelihood of successful prevention programming. For this Discussion, review this weeks Learning Resources. Use the African culture and select another culture with different attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to HIV/AIDS. With these thoughts in mind: Provide a brief description of the two cultures you selected, one being the African culture. Then describe two cultural attitudes, two cultural beliefs, and two cultural practices regarding HIV/AIDS in the cultures you selected. Finally, explain two factors that may impede the success of an HIV/AIDS prevention program in the cultures you selected and why. Support your responses using the Learning Resources and the current literature.
Please use these sources as your references:
Course Text: The Handbook of Culture and Psychology
Chapter 17, Culture and Social Cognition: Toward a Social Psychology of Cultural Dynamics
Chapter 19, Social Justice From a Cultural Perspective
Article: Christiansen, L. (2009). In our cultureHow debates about Zimbabwe's domestic violence law became a culture struggle. NORA: Nordic Journal of Women's Studies, 17(3), 175191.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: de Hilari, C., Condori, I., & Dearden, K. A. (2009). When is deliberate killing of young children justified? Indigenous interpretations of infanticide in Bolivia. Social Science & Medicine, 68(2), 352361.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database.
Article: Friedman, R., Liu, W., Chen, C. C., & Chi, S. S. (2007). Causal attribution for interfirm contract violation: A comparative study of Chinese and American commercial arbitrators. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(3), 856864.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Hall, G., Teten, A. L., DeGarmo, D. S., Sue, S., & Stephens, K. A. (2005). Ethnicity, culture, and sexual aggression: Risk and protective factors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(5), 830840.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Higgins, N. C., & Bhatt, G. (2001). Culture moderates the self-serving bias: Etic and emic features of casual attributions in India and Canada. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 29(1), 4961.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest database.
Article: Lee, M. R., & Ousey, G. C. (2011). Reconsidering the culture and violence connection: Strategies of action in the Rural South. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(5), 899929.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ERIC database.
Article: Leung, A. Y., & Cohen, D. (2011). Within- and between-culture variation: Individual differences and the cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity cultures. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 100(3), 507526.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Mann, J., & Takyi, B. (2009). Autonomy, dependence or culture: Examining the impact of resources and socio-cultural processes on attitudes towards intimate partner violence in Ghana, Africa. Journal of Family Violence, 24(5), 323335.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Nasser, R., & Abouchedid, K. (2006). Locus of control and the attribution for poverty: Comparing Lebanese and South African university students. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal; 34(7), 777795. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest database.
Article: Norenzayan, A., & Lee, A. (2010). It was meant to happen: Explaining cultural variations in fate attributions. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 98(5), 702720.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Simister, J. (2010). Domestic violence and female genital mutilation in Kenya: Effects of ethnicity and education. Journal of Family Violence, 25(3), 247257. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Thanzami, V. L., & Archer, J. (2005). Beliefs about aggression in British students from individualist and collectivist cultures. Aggressive Behavior, 31(4), 350358.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Zhang, A., Reyna, C., Qian, Z., & Yu, G. (2008). Interpersonal attributions of responsibility in the Chinese workplace: A test of Western models in a collectivistic context. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(9), 23612377.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the SocINDEX with Full Text database.
Media
Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2007). Culture and psychology. Baltimore, MD: Author.
`Cultural Influences on Attribution and Aggression`
Please use these sources as your references:
Course Text: The Handbook of Culture and Psychology
Chapter 17, Culture and Social Cognition: Toward a Social Psychology of Cultural Dynamics
Chapter 19, Social Justice From a Cultural Perspective
Article: Christiansen, L. (2009). In our cultureHow debates about Zimbabwe's domestic violence law became a culture struggle. NORA: Nordic Journal of Women's Studies, 17(3), 175191.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: de Hilari, C., Condori, I., & Dearden, K. A. (2009). When is deliberate killing of young children justified? Indigenous interpretations of infanticide in Bolivia. Social Science & Medicine, 68(2), 352361.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database.
Article: Friedman, R., Liu, W., Chen, C. C., & Chi, S. S. (2007). Causal attribution for interfirm contract violation: A comparative study of Chinese and American commercial arbitrators. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(3), 856864.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Hall, G., Teten, A. L., DeGarmo, D. S., Sue, S., & Stephens, K. A. (2005). Ethnicity, culture, and sexual aggression: Risk and protective factors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(5), 830840.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Higgins, N. C., & Bhatt, G. (2001). Culture moderates the self-serving bias: Etic and emic features of casual attributions in India and Canada. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 29(1), 4961.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest database.
Article: Lee, M. R., & Ousey, G. C. (2011). Reconsidering the culture and violence connection: Strategies of action in the Rural South. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(5), 899929.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ERIC database.
Article: Leung, A. Y., & Cohen, D. (2011). Within- and between-culture variation: Individual differences and the cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity cultures. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 100(3), 507526.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Mann, J., & Takyi, B. (2009). Autonomy, dependence or culture: Examining the impact of resources and socio-cultural processes on attitudes towards intimate partner violence in Ghana, Africa. Journal of Family Violence, 24(5), 323335.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Nasser, R., & Abouchedid, K. (2006). Locus of control and the attribution for poverty: Comparing Lebanese and South African university students. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal; 34(7), 777795. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ProQuest database.
Article: Norenzayan, A., & Lee, A. (2010). It was meant to happen: Explaining cultural variations in fate attributions. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 98(5), 702720.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
Article: Simister, J. (2010). Domestic violence and female genital mutilation in Kenya: Effects of ethnicity and education. Journal of Family Violence, 25(3), 247257. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Thanzami, V. L., & Archer, J. (2005). Beliefs about aggression in British students from individualist and collectivist cultures. Aggressive Behavior, 31(4), 350358.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
Article: Zhang, A., Reyna, C., Qian, Z., & Yu, G. (2008). Interpersonal attributions of responsibility in the Chinese workplace: A test of Western models in a collectivistic context. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(9), 23612377.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the SocINDEX with Full Text database.
Media
Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2007). Culture and psychology. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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