Cultures can come by birth or by choice.
Communication is affected by differences in these cultures, and since communication is necessary for quality health care to be delivered, then understanding of these differences is vital for health educators, health care providers and the health care system. In other words, for programs to provide optimum effect, health educators and health care providers must be aware of the differences in people's cultural backgrounds as much as they are aware of the physical conditions of their bodies. The workshop is designed for Extension personnel, who may in turn develop partnerships with health care providers, agencies, schools, hospitals and other organizations to become liaisons between the people they reach through education and community health care providers and systems. Don't assume you know everything about the community. Communities have layers of cultures, and no one person can completely understand them all.