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Culture, Society and Health

Code: 106103 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Nursing FB 1

Contact

Name:
Juan Manuel Leyva Moral
Email:
juanmanuel.leyva@uab.cat

Teachers

Mireia Vidal Ramperez
Rosario Fernandez Peņa
Andrea Moreu Valls
Alba Planella i Jimenez
Daniel Gomez Garcia
Noelia Baena Naranjo
Mariela Patricia Aguayo Gonzalez
Daina Parellada Moreno
Maria Dolores Bernabeu Tamayo
Marta Molina Molina

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

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Objectives and Contextualisation

  1. Understand the concepts of culture, ethnicity and race.
  2. Apply the concepts of cultural relativism and ethnocentrism in the discussion of continguts and cases.
  3. Understand the Transcultural Nursing Model and Models of Cultural Competence, applying them to the resolution of cases.
  4. Apply the model of person-centred care in the discussion of continguts and cases.
  5. Understand the characteristics of the Biomedical Model and the Social Science Model and their impact on the health of people and communities.
  6. Know the social determinants of health and discuss the impact on the health/illness of individuals and communities.
  7. Understand the practices related to health, illness and death of the cultural groups most present in Catalonia.
  8. Understand the concepts of sex, gender, identity and orientation and discuss their impact on the health/illness of individuals and communities.
  9. Identify strategies to reduce discrimination and promote tolerance towards diversity.
  10. Become familiar with intersectional analysis of phenomena.
  11. Apply the gender perspective in infernal reasoning.
  12. Understand qualitative research methods and their application in research science.

Competences

  • "Demonstrate an understanding of people without prejudice: consider physical, psychological and social aspects, as independent individuals; ensure that their opinions, values and beliefs are respected and guarantee their right to privacy, through trust and professional secrecy."
  • Demonstrate that the interactive behaviour of the person is understood according to their gender, social group or community, within a social and multicultural context.
  • Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquire and use the necessary instruments for developing a critical and reflective attitude.
  2. Analyse gender inequalities and the factors on which they are base from in different systems: family system, parents, economic, political, symbolism and educational systems.
  3. Analyse social inequalities that appear from axes of social inequality and the needs that are generated.
  4. Identify different explanatory models of dual health-illness from a social perspective.
  5. Identify the different types of interaction according to the group, genre or community they belong to, within their social and cultural context.
  6. Identify the factors that determine health and the problems related to surroundings to be able to offer care to people with different situations of health and illness as members of a community.
  7. Identify the health determinants and axes of inequality observed in social structure.
  8. Identify the importance of cultural competence in nursing care.
  9. Identify the intersection between gender inequality and other types of inequality (age, class, race, ethnic group, sexuality and identity/expression, functional diversity, etc.)
  10. Identify the way in which people manage health processes taking into account possible cultural aspects, values and beliefs which could lead to prejudice.
  11. Recognise the hierarchy and power relationships established by reason of gender in social dynamics and the specificities observed in a social and multicultural context.
  12. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  13. Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.

Content

  1. Conceptual differences between ethnicity and culture among others.
  2. Concepts of sex and gender. What is the gender perspective?
  3. Gender-based, racist and lgtbiqphobic violence. Early detection and prevention. Impact on the health of individuals and communities.
  4. Beliefs about health and illness in different cultural groups in our context.
  5. Social determinants of health.
  6. Transcultural Nursing.
  7. Theoretical models of international cultural competence.
  8. Biopower. Biomedical model vs. social model.
  9. Intersectionality
  10. Person-centred care model
  11. Model of humanised care
  12. Migrations and health
  13. Religion-based care
  14. Ethnonursing and other qualitative research methods.

 


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Lecture 30 1.2 3, 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 10, 11
Seminar 20 0.8 1, 2, 3, 9, 13, 12, 11
Type: Autonomous      
Self-study 98 3.92 1, 2, 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 10

The course is divided into two main blocks:

  1. THEORY: Lectures with discussion and classroom exercises in large groups. It is recommended to attend class regularly although it is not compulsory; it is up to the students to attend or not. The teaching materials worked on in theory classes will NOT be shared with students.
  2. SEMINARS: Case discussion seminars. In groups of 22-25 students, students will work on a series of situations that they will have to solve in groups and present orally. These activities are carried out in a medium-sized group and each group is assigned a teacher who will monitor and teach. It is compulsory to attend 100% of the seminars.

In addition, there are 98 hours of independent work in which students have to prepare exercises, notes, reflections, questions and other activities related to the classes.

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Essays 25% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 7, 5, 9, 12, 11
Oral presentations 35% 0 0 4, 9, 13, 12
Test 40% 2 0.08 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 9, 10

  1. Multiple-choice exam. Individual assignment which represents 40% of the final mark for the course.
  2. Oral presentations. Group assignment which represents 35% of the final mark for the course. In small groups, each group must present the resolution of their exercises and actively participate in the discussion established in the group. In those cases where irregular participation of a member/s of the group is detected, the teacher will be able to assess that person/s individually.
  3. Digital portfolio. Group assignment that represents 25% of the final grade of the course. In small groups, a digital learning portfolio will be created which will contain the main evidence consulted in the learning of the subject, notes made by the students, complementary videos, materials produced for the seminars, podcasts, websites, etc. At the beginning of the course, full instructions will be given on how to prepare it and how it will be assessed.

VERY IMPORTANT:

  • To pass the course, it is necessary to pass each evaluative activity with a minimum of 5.0 points in order to calculate the final grade. Otherwise, the course will be considered failed, and the student will have to retake it on the established dates.
  • Only the exam and the final written assignment can be retaken; students who fail the seminars will not be able to retake them due to the methodology used and the continuous assessment of these activities.
  • In order to have the right to the final retake exam, students must have attended all assessment tests.
  • Even though some exercises are group-based, it is mandatory for each student tosubmit a copy of the work in the designated Moodle space. If it is not submitted within the established deadlines, the submission will be marked as not presented (grade 0). Submissions by email will not be accepted.
  • Missing more than 30% of the seminars will be considered not assessable and, therefore, the course will be marked as failed.
  • There is no option to "raise your grade" in the exam. Thus, the grade obtained in the regular session will be the final one if it is equal to or higher than 5.0.
  • For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction or translation, and the creation of tables, graphs, diagrams, and infographics. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this evaluative activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in partial or total penalization of the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
  • Any sign of plagiarism will result in failing the course with no option for recovery.
  • No disrespectful actions towards other students, teachers, PTGAS, or facilities will be tolerated. If necessary, the degree coordination will be informed to open an analysis committee, which may result in failing the course.
  • This course does not allow single assessment.
  • Each unjustified absence will result in a deduction of 0.5 points from the grade of each affected seminar. More than 3 unjustified absences will result in failing the seminar activity.
  • Assignments will not be accepted outside the established period.
  • Students have the right to review their assessment tests. The date for this will be set in Moodle.

 

FINAL GRADE OBTAINMENT:

The final grade for the course will be the sum of the different parts that make it up. According to agreement 4.4 of the Governing Council 17/11/2010 of the assessment regulations, the grades will be:

  • From 0 to 4.9 = Fail
  • From 5.0 to 6.9 = Pass
  • From 7.0 to 8.9 = Good
  • From 9.0 to 10 = Excellent
  • From 9.0 to 10 = Honors. The criterion for awarding honors is established by the teaching team and is not exclusively numerical. Active participation in voluntary extracurricular activities related to the course will be highly valued.

 

The following situations are considered justified absences:

  • Official exam (does not include driving test)
  • Acute illness
  • Specialized medical visit
  • Elite athlete competition (not training)
  • Death of a family member or close person

 


Bibliography

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  • Galao Malo, R., Lillo Crespo, M., Casabona Martínez, I., Mora Antón, M.D. (2005). ¿Qué es la enfermería transcultural? Una aproximación etimológica, teórica y corporativista al término. Evidentia, 2(4).
  • Goffman, E. (2008). Estigma: la identidad deteriorada. En Amorrortu (Ed.), Journal of occupational medicine and Toxicology (London, England) (2a. ed., Vol. 2).
  • Heras González, P. (2005). La medicalización desde el punto de vista de los/as actores/actrices: la influencia en su identidad, perspectiva antropológica. En Mari Luz Esteban Galarza & J. P. Góme (Eds.), La salud en una sociedad multicultural: desigualdad, mercantilización y medicalización. X Congreso de Antropología (43-61).
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Software

  • Mendeley
  • Zotero
  • Teams

Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(SEM) Seminars 101 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 102 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 103 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 104 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 105 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 106 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 107 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 108 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 109 Catalan/Spanish second semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 110 Catalan/Spanish second semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 111 Catalan/Spanish second semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 112 Catalan/Spanish second semester afternoon
(TE) Theory 101 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 102 Catalan/Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 103 Catalan/Spanish second semester afternoon