Domains of Competency
Provider Training: Often left to medical schools or residency the clinicians need an orientation to the interaction between culture and medicine. Obvious examples have to do with examples of how expectations in clinical encounters vary by culture, how common illnesses are constructed linguistically and culturally, how dietary patterns impact illnesses like hyperlipidemia and diabetes that are determined by diet. How religious life impacts end of life discussions and certain illnesses.
The California Endowment has a program to achieve cultural competence.
Program Areas
Since we adopted our strategic plan in 2002, we have clarified our focus on how to achieve our mission. First, every Californian must have access to quality health services. Second, our health care system must be culturally competent to respond to the diversity and demographic changes in our state. Third, we must eliminate the disparities in health and strengthen communities to become healthy places to live.
Based on these convictions, we have organized our work around three goals:
Access to health;
Culturally competent health systems; and
Community health and the elimination of health disparities.
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Provider Training: Often left to medical schools or residency the clinicians need an orientation to the interaction between culture and medicine. Obvious examples have to do with examples of how expectations in clinical encounters vary by culture, how common illnesses are constructed linguistically and culturally, how dietary patterns impact illnesses like hyperlipidemia and diabetes that are determined by diet. How religious life impacts end of life discussions and certain illnesses.
The California Endowment has a program to achieve cultural competence.
Program Areas
Since we adopted our strategic plan in 2002, we have clarified our focus on how to achieve our mission. First, every Californian must have access to quality health services. Second, our health care system must be culturally competent to respond to the diversity and demographic changes in our state. Third, we must eliminate the disparities in health and strengthen communities to become healthy places to live.
Based on these convictions, we have organized our work around three goals:
Access to health;
Culturally competent health systems; and
Community health and the elimination of health disparities.
Read more
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