Achieving Cultural Competency

Achieving Cultural Competency: A Case-Based Approach to Training Health Professionals provides the necessary tools to meet the ever-growing need for culturally competent practitioners and trainees. Twenty-five self-study cases cover a variety of medical topics, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurology, oncology, hematology, immunology, and pediatric disorders. Actual scenarios that occurred in clinical settings help the user gain direct insight into the realities of practice today. Cultural factors covered within the cases include cultural diversity plus gender, language, folk beliefs, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexual orientation. This book is an approved CME-certifying activity to meet physicians cultural competency state requirements. Get 25 pre-approved self-study American Dietetic Association credits at no additional charge when you purchase the book. Email hark@lisahark.com for further instructions.

Achieving Cultural Competency: A Case-Based Approach to TrainingHealth Professionals provides the necessary tools to meet theever-growing need for culturally competent practitioners andtrainees. Twenty-five self-study cases cover a variety of medicaltopics, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurology, oncologyhematology, immunology, and pediatric disorders. Actual scenariosthat occurred in clinical settings help the user gain directinsight into the realities of practice today. Cultural factorscovered within the cases include cultural diversity plus genderlanguage, folk beliefs, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexualorientation.This book is an approved CME-certifying activity to meetphysicians' cultural competency state requirements.Get 25 pre-approved self-study American Dietetic Associationcredits at no additional charge when you purchase the book.Email hark@lisahark.com forfurther instructions.

Contributors viiiCME Disclosure Information xiiPreface xvForeword xviiAcknowledgments xxIntroduction xxiTools to Assess Cultural Competency Training (TACCT) xxxiiCase 1 Ruth Franklin: A 40-year-old African American woman with heart failure 1Susan E. Wiegers and Horace DeLisser MDCase 2 Carl Jones: A 48-year-old homeless Caucasian man with chest pain and lung cancer 10Lisa BelliniCase 3 Maria Morales: A 57-year-old Mexican woman with type 2 diabetes 17Desiree Lie and Charles VegaCase 4 Maya Mohammed: A 15-year-old Arab American teenager with leukemia 25Amal Mohamed Osman Khidir Alexander Chou and Lyuba KonopasekCase 5 Jon Le: A 48-year-old Korean man with cerebral hemorrhage 37Scott Kasner and Horace DeLisserCase 6 Nadia Rosenberg: A 53-year-old Russian woman with drug-resistant tuberculosis 45Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman and Helen AbramovaCase 7 Isabel Delgado: A 47-year-old Dominican woman with hypertension 55Debbie Salas-Lopez and Eric GertnerCase 8 George Dennis: A 35-year-old African American man with AIDS 62Ronald G. CollmanCase 9 Mary Jones: A 2-year-old Caucasian girl with delayed speech development 71Dodi Meyer Hetty Cunningham Rica Mauricio and Alexandra SchieberCase 10 Priya Krishnamurthy: A 73-year-old South Asian Indian woman with a stroke 84Scott Kasner Roy Hamilton Steven Mess´e and Sashank PrasadCase 11 Carlos Cruz: A 34-year-old Mexican man with sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome 94Indira Gurubhagavatula Lisa Hark and Sharon L. DrozdowskyCase 12 Denise Smith: A 41-year-old Caucasian woman with asthma 104John Paul Sánchez Nelson Felix Sánchez and Ana Núñez MDCase 13 Mae Ling Chung: A 22-year-old Chinese woman in an arranged marriage 116Elizabeth Lee-Rey and Nereida CorreaCase 14 Earl Collins: A 73-year-old African American man with lung cancer 127Mitchell L. Margolis and Lisa BelliniCase 15 Irma Matos: A 66-year-old Ecuadorian woman with type 2 diabetes and hypertension 133Edgar Maldonado and Debbie Salas-LopezCase 16 Eileen Clark: An 82-year-old African American woman with a stroke 142Scott Kasner and Horace DeLisserCase 17 Leslie O'Malley: A 66-year-old Irish American man with breast cancer 149J. Eric RussellCase 18 Juana Caban: A 21-year-old Puerto Rican woman who is pregnant and HIV-positive 155Lisa Rucker Nadine T. Katz and Nicholas E.S. SibingaCase 19 Alice Gregory: A 71-year-old African American woman with aortic stenosis 163Susan E. Wiegers and Horace DeLisser MDCase 20 Sunil Guha: A 32-year-old South Asian Indian man with metabolic syndrome 169Fran Burke and Lisa HarkCase 21 Pepper Hawthorne: A 19-year-old Caucasian woman with a stroke 179Scott KasnerCase 22 Alika Nkuutu: A 24-year-old African woman with sickle cell disease 186J. Eric RussellCase 23 Miguel Cortez: A 9-year-old Mexican boy with asthma 192Noel B. RosalesCase 24 Naomi Fulton: A 49-year-old African American woman with metabolic syndrome 199Gail Marion and Lisa HarkCase 25 Bobby Napier: A 68-year-old Caucasian Appalachian man with type 2 diabetes 207Elizabeth Lee-Rey Sonia Crandall and Thomas A. ArcuryAppendix 1: Positioning the Interpreter 216Appendix 2: Kleinman's Explanatory Model of Illness 217Multiple Choice Questions 220Answers 262Index 267