NUTR 8020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Intercultural Competence, Nutrition Education, Health Equity
27 May 2019
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Thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. What is considered to be a health problem; How symptoms and concerns about problem expressed; Who should provide treatment for the problem; and. What type of treatment should be given. How illness, disease, and their causes are perceived; Behaviors of patients/consumers seeking health care and their attitudes toward health care providers; Delivery of services by the provider who looks at the world through his or her own limited set of values, which can compromise access for patients from other cultures. Health disparities -- disproportionate incidence of a health condition or illness. Access to and use of quality healthcare services. Underrepresentation of healthcare providers from culturally and linguistically diverse groups. Cultural competence -- set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross- cultural situations.
