Watch 3 documentary videos about certain culture/tribe and make a reaction journal.

(2
Filipino culture, 1 International) You can also do supplementary reading about these cultures
but include your reference.
Guide Questions:
a. Description of the tribe/culture
b. What are the unique features of their culture?
c. What are the stereotypes about this certain culture?
d. What are the possible health risk of this culture?
e. How can you apply transcultural nursing in this culture?

Kabihug Tribe
Sources
https://www.pressreader.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZCgnq36Zw

The Kabihug tribe are natives Bicol and are located in their ancestral land in the province of
Camarines Norte specifically they lived near the shores of the municipality of Jose Panganiban.
They are semi-nomadic and primarily relies in hunting and gathering for their daily survival. The
Kabihug are generally viewed as barbaric and uncivilized but in reality, the tribe greatly respect
Mother Nature since they primarily relies on Nature. Because of their compassion and respect to
the nature, they uses spear to catch fish and other seafood that are enough for them to eat.
They are also gathering mud crabs that lurks deep in the forest mangroves and interestingly they
trade them in exchange of money. This disproves the stereotypical views on the Kabihug as
people that do not know how to communicate to other people especially those that lived in the
civilization. The Kabihug are not barbaric, they are compassionate, and are willing to share
unconditionally. Even though, most of the people of the Kabihug tribe are uneducated they still
uphold the great respect to Mother Earth, their compassionate nature makes up to their lack of
education. They are afraid of us because they are subjected to discrimination including being
fooled by others, bullying, and racism.
Since they live far away from civilization, this lead to their lack of education and oblivious to
medicinal drugs and modern health practices. Due to this, the Kabihug faces many possible health
risk. Their lack of proper hygiene and sanitation makes them susceptible to deadly diseases and
infection. In addition to this, their imbalance diet that primarily consist of clam, shells, snails,
fishes, and crabs will cause them malnourished and nutrient deficient.
The Government already gave them free health-care services, by the courtesy of the Indigenous
People (IP) Summit of the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Commission on
Indigenous People (NCIP). In addition of receiving free-health services, the Kabihug people
received free rides and food (Manila Bulletin, 2017).
However, the application of health care and nursing is still not disclose by this, because of the
differences in culture it will be hard for nurses to apply transcultural nursing. This is why I think
that before applying transcultural nursing in the culture of the Kabihug community, I think it is
important to learn first their language, and get accustomed to their way of life. In addition, I think
the most efficient way to truly help the Kabihug tribe is to solve their lack of education and
aversion to modern medicine. We need to introduce modern medicine to them, and teach them
the proper sanitation and health hygiene.