A Hispanic parent says, "An old woman gave my baby the evil eye." The health care provider determines that the infant is physically healthy. The most culturally competent intervention would be to
a. tell the parent that the baby is healthy and needs no treatment.
b. explain that the evil eye is a superstition and not a cause of illness.
c. encourage the parent to immerse the baby in cool water baths daily.
d. bring a root doctor into the consultation to restore the baby's lost soul.
D
An individual who believes in mal ojo will also believe that Western medicine is ineffective to treat it. This person will believe that because the illness has an unnatural cause, treatment is best conducted by a native healer who can remove the spell. The parent would not view offering no treatment or casting doubt on evil eye as a superstition as helpful, making these options culturally insensitive. A cool water bath could destabilize an infant's body temperature.
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