| Culturally Appropriate Health Care |
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| Resource | Overview |
| African American Health |
Be Safe: A Cultural Competency Model for African Americans
| “The National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC) has developed this model for cultural competency that integrates its important features with issues unique to the lives and culture of HIV-infected” African-American individuals. |
Cultural Diversity: Eating in America, African American
| "This article describes African-American food habits and their relationship to dietary guidelines." |
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Culture or Disorder? African American Children Identified as Having Behavioral/Emotional Disorders in Special
| "The study was designed to examine coping styles enacted in special education classes that demonstrate African American cultural norms, to describe teacher perception of those behaviors, and to discuss the possible impact on academic success." |
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Differences in Cultural Beliefs and Values Among African American and European American Men With Prostate Cancer
| "Although cultural values are increasingly being recognized as important determinants of
psychological and behavioral outcomes following cancer diagnosis and treatment, empirical data are not available on cultural values among men. This study evaluated differences in cultural values related to religiosity, temporal orientation, and collectivism among African American and European American men." |
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Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet
| This presentation covers sociocultural issues associated with food choice and obesity in African-Americans, such as body image preferences, food preferences, exercise and fitness preferences. |
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Giving Voices to the Voiceless: Language Barriers & Health Access Issues of Black Immigrants of African Descent
| This report was conceived by Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (SHIRE) as an initial step toward identifying language and cultural issues that impede access to health care among immigrants of African descent in California. The anecdotal nature and the range of the responses to SHIRE’s surveys, focus groups, and random interviews indicate that this population has been systemically marginalized within the health care system. The near total absence of reliable disaggregated data, the lack of a body of research focused on African immigrants, and the complete absence of policy analysis regarding access to health care for African immigrants, are the principal noteworthy findings from this effort.
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Integrating Culture Into Health Information for African American Women
| "This article (a) describes and compares different communication strategies and message tactics for integrating culture into health information; (b) examines in detail the process and impact of tailoring cancer prevention and screening information to African American women based on their individual levels of religiosity, collectivism, racial pride, and time orientation; and (c) critically analyzes data from a cultural tailoring study to illustrate pros and cons of customizing health information to the cultural characteristics of a population subgroup versus different individuals within that group."
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| Asian American / Pacific Islander Health |
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Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI)
| The AADI was established in 2000 by the director of the Joslin Diabetes Center in recognition of the growing challenge of diabetes in Asian Americans. The goals of AADI are to study diabetes in the Asian American population and disseminate findings, increase diabetes awareness through innovative and culturally appropriate educational materials, and to design and implement clinical treatment programs for Asian Americans. |
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Asian-American Health
| This Baylor University School of Nursing
site provides resources on cross-cultural care and prevention
for Burmese, Cambodian/Khmer, Quick Reference on Khmer, Laotian/Lao, Quick Reference on Laotians, Vietnamese, Quick Reference on Vietnamese, Indian (Asian), Korean, and Refugee & Immigrant cultures. |
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Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations AAPCHO
| The AAPCHO is a national association representing community health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Their website contains data and information related to AAPI health issues. |
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