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Culturally Competent Health Care
Friday's Progress Notes - April 16, 2008
Mental Health Information - Vol. 12 Issue 4
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com
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CONTENTS
1. Guide to culturally competent services
2. Tip sheets for clinicians to raise awareness of diverse cultures
3. Cross cultural medicine
4. Establishing and sustaining a cultural broker program
5. Questions that reveal families' cultural conflicts
6. Addressing language and culture
7. Inadequate cross-cultural communication
8. Cultural competence series on caring for diverse groups
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Dear Colleagues,
The face of America is changing with significant increases in racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistically diverse groups. To deliver quality health care and meet the needs of a diverse
population, health care systems will need to implement systemic change. Today's newsletter provides resources related to cultural and linguistic competency.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH
The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
This site is designed to help healthcare organizations provide culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations. It includes modules on avoiding stereotypes, self-evaluation, and
patient-provider interaction.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=249
2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
Culture Cues
These tip sheets for clinicians increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures.
http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html
3. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Cross-Cultural Medicine
Culture, the shared beliefs and attitudes of a group, shapes ideas of what constitutes illness and acceptable treatment.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20051201/2267.html
4. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE
Bridging the Cultural Divide in Health Care Settings
A major principle of cultural competence involves working in conjunction with natural supports and helping networks within diverse communities.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=250
5. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Six Questions Can Reveal Families' Cultural Conflicts
Asking patients these six questions can uncover subtleties of cultural interaction that may be contributing to an adjustment, anxiety, depressive, or other disorder. (Complimentary registration required.)
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=745
6. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION
Addressing Language and Culture: A Practice Assessment for Health Care Professionals
This is a guide to help clinicians provide the highest quality care possible to limited English proficient patients.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=251
7. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Diagnosis: Inadequate Cross-Cultural Communication
Cross-cultural issues in medicine and health care are not always as dramatic and obvious as life and death situations.
http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2003/06/ccas2-0306.html
8. MEDICAL ECONOMICS
Cultural Competence Series
This site offers a series of articles on caring for patients from diverse groups.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=252
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