Cultural Proficiency In Addressing Health Disparities

This book has important information and current statistics on health disparities within the United States. It identifies our most vulnerable populations and offers guidelines on how to avoid cultural incompetence and promote cultural proficiency. Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities will help us to address Healthy People 2010, which challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, is enjoyed by all. This demands the ability to relate effectively to persons of many different cultures to assure collaborative participation in research (that must include minorities), clinical patient care and disease prevention. Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities is written by experienced health care practitioners and researchers who work every day to eliminate health disparities and produce a culturally proficient health care environment for patient, practitioner, and researchers. Physicians, researchers, healthcare workers, health sciences educators and students, community workers, advocates, planners, policy-makers and similar professionals in non-profit and at the government level will benefit from the information, insights and experiences recounted in this book.

Dr. Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, is the Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, and Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), and Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Cynthia Theresa Cook, is a medical sociologist and adjunct assistant professor at Florida A & M University. Dr. Richard O’Brien is University Professor and a member of the Center for Health Policy & Ethics of Creighton University. Contributors: Janet Bonet Nebraska Supreme Court, Certified Interpreter Cynthia Cook Drake Reponzil Executive Director, Minority Health, HHSS Annette Dula Visiting Scholar, University of Pittsburgh Father John P. Schlegel President, Creighton University Isidore Flores Research Scientist, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A & M Heath Science Center, South Texas Center Valda Boyd Ford COO, Center for Human Diversity, Inc. Gordon Gong F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Texas Tech University Health Science Center Margaret Graham Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Anthropology, The University of Texas Pan-American Gleb Haynatzki Vera Haynatzka Cathy Hudson Adeola Jaiyeola Director, Northern Plains Tribal Epidemeology Center, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board Judith Kissell Director, Health Administration and Policy Program, Creighton University Diane Lowe Nebraska HHS Nelda Mier Assistant Professor, Social Behavioral Health Department at the Texas A & M School of Rural Public Health South Texas Center Ann Millard Associate Professor, Texas A & M University System HSC School, Rural Public Health, South Texas Center Phyllis A. Nsiah-Kumi Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center Albert Okunade Professor, Economics Department, The University of Memphis Rubens Pamies Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Dean for Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska Medical Center Patti Patterson Professor of Community Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Frank Peak Mike Railey St. Louis County Health Karl Roth Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine Esmeralda Sanchez Program Coordinator, Texas A & M School of Rural Public Health Wehnona Stabler Tribal Health Director, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska John Stone Chutima Suraratdecha Health Policy and Economics Officer, PATH Ethel Williams University of Nebraska at Omaha M. Roy Wilson Chancellor, University of Colorado Denver Anthony Zhang Nebraska DHHS Genny Carillo Zuniga Assistant Professor, Texas A & M, Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health