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Cross-cultural Health Care Curriculum (Syllabus)
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Including the Following Subjects
Program Objectives
Demographics of Colorado’s Children
Health Disparities among Colorado’s Children
Health Disparities
Poverty
Genetics
Environmental exposures
Life style behaviors
Provider’s ability to understand/accommodate the patient’s / parent’s culture
Provider’s ability to communicate well with families
Patient’s / parents limited English proficiency
Patient’s / parent’s limited health literacy
Discrimination
What can Providers do to improve outcomes?
Race, Ethnicity and Culture (Definitions)
Cross-cultural Communication
Generalization versus stereotyping
What providers need to know about culture? (Dimensions of culture)
Basics of cross-cultural communication
How to communicate with and help families with Limited English Proficiency
How to communicate with and help families with Limited Health Literacy
The Cross-cultural Health Care toolkit
Keys to success in cross-cultural communication
LEARN mnemonic
Cross-cultural health care Review of Systems
Case Studies
Examining our Own Personal Biases
8 Steps You Can Take to Enhance Your Skills in Cross-cultural Health Care
The Institute of Medicine’s Guidelines
The CLAS Standards (Guidelines for organizational change)
References
