Write a 2 page paper addressing the following elements in your paper

Espoused Reality vs Actual Reality

Discuss the difference between espoused reality versus actual reality.

In your discussion be sure to include why it is sometimes difficult for organizations to assess themselves honestly.

·        Espoused Reality vs Actuality

In the first lecture for the week, the idea of espoused reality versus actuality was discussed.

Write a 2 page paper addressing the following elements in your paper:

• • Explain how a manager would avoid having espoused reality enter into his or her department.
  • Include a discussion on the tools they could use, would department meetings help – please be sure to support your position with peer reviewed references. Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Health Effects of Acculturation
  The health status impacts of allostatic load relating to the acculturation process among the immigrant population. The health status of the immigrants are affected by the various factors includes the socioeconomic status levels, ethnicity, immigrant programs, and the length of stay in the U.S. The initial health coverage provided among the recent immigrants usually reduces with time they spent in the new country (Riosmena, Wong & Palloni, 2013). The decline in health advantage emerges from the acculturation process to the standards of the indigenous people.
  Barrera Jr, Toobert, Strycker and Osuna (2012) examines that there are inherent aspects of the native cultures that reduces stress, the likelihood of taking part in poor health actions and offering social support to reduce the impacts of unhealthy lifestyles and other threats. Acculturation to the traditional values and aspects in the United States could eradicate the protective factors and thus lead to the decline in the health of the immigrants (Barrera Jr, et al., 2012). However, the immigrants who can overcome the influences of the native cultures they could eliminate the impacts of acculturation.
  In terms of ethnicity, Andreeva and Unger (2015) explain that health declines due to the absence of information amongst the different ethnic groups in allostatic load. The model of the allostatic load can help in understanding the health differences. For example, the black and Hispanic individuals encounter discrimination, racism, and the challenges of reduced socioeconomic levels (Lawton & Gerdes, 2014). Such negative conditions could accumulate stressful environment which could increase the allostatic load, which eventually creates poor health outcomes.
  The socioeconomic status levels of the immigrants to the United States also impacts on their ability to maintain good health coverage. When the immigrants come into the United States, they might counter various health concerns due to the lack of quality housing and living standards (Cho, Holbrook & Johnson, 2013). It is difficult for the immigrants to get good jobs in the U.S and thus, it makes it difficult for them to get access to improved health care. They end up assimilating to reduced health care levels among the Native Americans.
       If there is a high level of an immigrant from the place of nativity, it could influence better health care. It is because there are numerous native immigrants, which provides support to the new immigrants in the United States. The nativity determines the degree of becoming a Native American and its impacts on the acculturation process. Riosmena, Wong, and Palloni (2013) notes that the immigrants come to the United States with good health, but mixing with the Native Americans reduces their health level with time. Such a situation leads to the immigrant assimilation to native health processes which could cause much stress.
  The length of stay in the United States has a significant influence on the success of the acculturation process. When the immigrants stay in the United States longer, they are unable to overcome the pressure of the acculturation process. The immigrants are forced to integrate with the Native Americans abandoning their cultural practices (Todorova et al., 2013). The allostatic load of the acculturation process depends on the immigrants staying longer to adopt the traditional cultures in the United States. Consequentially, staying longer in the United States makes it difficult for the immigrants to maintain their original health care coverage (Doamekpor & Dinwiddie, 2015).
   In summary, it is clear that the process of acculturation leads to the deterioration of the health status of the immigrant population. The immigration patterns, socioeconomic positions, ethnicity, and the length of stay in the United States are crucial factors, which influences the process of acculturation and decline in health. The assimilation of the native values and cultures usually reduces the health cover of the immigrants to align with the native health care. Therefore, health is adversely affected by the process of acculturation of the immigrant population.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  References
  Andreeva, V. A., & Unger, J. B. (2015). Determinants of host society acculturation and its relationship with health behaviors and outcomes: A new research and intervention framework. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 17(5), 1420-1426.
  Barrera Jr, M., Toobert, D., Strycker, L., & Osuna, D. (2012). Effects of acculturation on a culturally adapted diabetes intervention for Latinas. Health Psychology, 31(1), 51.
  Cho, Y. I., Holbrook, A., & Johnson, T. P. (2013). Acculturation and health survey question comprehension among Latino respondents in the US. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15(3), 525-532.
  Doamekpor, L. A., & Dinwiddie, G. Y. (2015). Allostatic load in foreign-born and US-born blacks: evidence from the 2001–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 105(3), 591-597.
  Lawton, K. E., & Gerdes, A. C. (2014). Acculturation and Latino adolescent mental health: Integration of individual, environmental, and family influences. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 17(4), 385-398.
  Riosmena, F., Wong, R., & Palloni, A. (2013). Migration selection, protection, and acculturation in health: a binational perspective on older adults. Demography, 50(3), 1039-1064.
  Todorova, I. L., Tucker, K. L., Jimenez, M. P., Lincoln, A. K., Arevalo, S., & Falcón, L. M. (2013). Determinants of self-rated health and the role of acculturation: implications for health inequalities. Ethnicity & Health, 18(6), 563-585.