Cultural Competence 101
What is the ability to recognize and respect different cultural beliefs in healthcare?
What is cultural awareness?
In some cultures, medical decisions are made by this group instead of the patient alone.
What is the family?
This Eastern philosophy believes health is a balance of opposing forces called Yin and Yang.
What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
This infamous study, conducted between 1932 and 1972, observed the progression of untreated syphilis in African American men.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
Whose Name is second on the 1st slide of the powerpoint?
Who is Vincenzo Amato
Name two stages of cultural competence.
What are Cultural Destructiveness, Cultural Incapacity, Cultural Blindness, Cultural Pre-Competence, Cultural Competency, Cultural Proficiency.
Patients from collectivist cultures may struggle with this Western medical principle that emphasizes individual decision-making.
What is autonomy?
In the hot-cold theory of illness, which type of food should be eaten to balance a "hot" condition like a fever?
What is cold food?
Forced sterilizations targeted Black, Native American, and Hispanic women under this movement in the early 20th century.
What is the Eugenics movement?
What News Channel covered the story on Samuel Kim?
What is Fox 5 News?
This is the negative end of the cultural competence spectrum, characterized by harmful practices and policies.
What is cultural destructiveness?
Some patients from Asian cultures may downplay their pain because they believe expressing it is a sign of what?
What is weakness?
Ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture, and herbal remedies are examples of what type of healing?
What is holistic or alternative medicine?
The lack of federal oversight in expanding Medicaid has led to disparities in healthcare coverage for which groups?
What are minority and immigrant communities?
What famous video game character was presented in the powerpoint?
What is Mario?
Organizations that acknowledge their shortcomings in serving minority communities and actively seek diversity representation are at this stage.
What is cultural pre-competence?
Religious beliefs may influence a patient's attitude toward treatment. Name one religious factor that could impact care.
What are dietary restrictions, prayer rituals, or attitudes toward death?
Name two unusual ingredients used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
What are scorpion, centipede, or flying squirrel feces?
This 1935 law prevented many Black and immigrant workers from receiving employer-based health insurance.
What is the National Labor Relations Act?
What borough will you find the most Bengali people?
The CDC defines this concept as understanding the social and cultural influences on patient health and integrating them into healthcare delivery.
What is cultural competence?
Name two ways healthcare providers can improve communication with patients from diverse backgrounds.
What are using interpreters and providing cultural competency training?
This cultural group often turns to religious organizations for healthcare and has a strong stigma against mental health services.
Who are people of Mediterranean descent?
Name one long-term impact of historical healthcare discrimination on minority communities today.
What is medical mistrust or lack of access to quality healthcare?
On Slide 17 of the powerpoint, what image did we use to describe the "midpoint of the culturally competent spectrum"?
What is an eye?