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The current P-12 educational landscape is riddled with inequities, especially for historically underserved students. As such, greater efforts are needed from educational stakeholders (i.e. counselors and principals) who center social... more
Author Buonanno, Thomas Anthony Title School Leadership for a Diverse Society Year Degree Awarded 2020 Department Educational Leadership Degree Ed.D. Abstract Given the increase of language minority students in school districts across... more
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Multicultural professional psychologists routinely assert that psychotherapeutic interventions require culturally competent delivery for ethnoracial minority clients to protect the distinctive cultural orientations of these clients.... more
HE HEALTH BURDENS OF OBESITY ARE SEVERE, especially among African-American women who experience lower life expectancy and higher rates of chronic diseases than the general population. Furthermore, losing weight continues to be a major... more
Various policies, plans, and initiatives have been implemented to provide safe, quality, and culturally competent care to patients within Queensland's healthcare system. A series of models of maternity care are available in Queensland... more
The issue of cultural competency in health care continues to be a priority in Australia for health and human services professionals. Cultural competence in caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is of increasing... more
The prevalence of smoking among the adult Aboriginal population is almost double that of the non-Aboriginal population. Research shows smoking cessation brief interventions have a positive impact on quit attempts. However, examples of... more
Cultural competence education is relatively new in the United States, particularly in the area of graduate and post-graduate medical education. There is, however, wide acceptance that an understanding of the role culture plays in the... more
Background: Boundary issues, which regularly arise in therapy, can present dilemmas for most clinicians. There has been substantial literature on boundary excursions in clinician-patient relationships, however, very little empirical... more
Over the past two decades, the United States has attracted large South Asian populations, who have imported tobacco products previously unique to the native subcontinent. South Asian cigarette use prevalence is consistently lower than... more
CONTEXT Non-conscious stereotyping and prejudice contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Contemporary training in cultural competence is insufficient to reduce these problems because even educated, culturally... more
The University of South Florida (USF) ranks as one of the top 50 public universities in the nation. As of Spring 2022, 14% of the student population identify as military-connected students (MCS). MCS comprises Active Duty, National Guard,... more
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate to which extent diversity is part of current healthcare practices and to explore opportunities and barriers in the implementation of diversity dimensions in healthcare practices. Methods:... more
To explore causal explanations of obesity among African-American women of diverse weight across the life spectrum. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with adult African-American women of healthy weight (N = 10), overweight (N =... more
The limited access to oral health care in developing countries can be greatly improved by integrating oral health into the Primary Health Care (PHC) system. This study was designed to assess the views of PHC workers on integrating oral... more
Phelan, J. E. (2019). Teaching and learning cultural metacognition in marketing and sales education. International Journal of Sales and Marketing Education, 2(2), 18-29. doi: 10.4018/IJMSE.2019070102
The challenge in the field of sexual medicine is to develop evidence-based principles for clinical evaluation and create a uniform, widely accepted diagnostic and treatment approach for all sexual problems and dysfunctions, for both... more
A key component of the 2011 Australian National Health Reform, via the Access and Equity Policy, is to improve access to quality health services for all Australians including CALD communities. Awareness has been raised that certain CALD... more
The stress of migration as well as social factors and changes related to the receiving society may lead to the manifestation of psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals after migration. The diversity of cultures, ethnicities, races... more
BackgroundThe design of a cultural competency curriculum can be challenging. The 2002 Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment, challenged medical schools to integrate cross-cultural education into the training of all current and... more
This study aimed to explore the practical experience of child welfare caseworkers and professionalism in child case management in Malaysia. This paper discussed the specific social work practice competency and the challenges faced by... more
Authors: Bhui K, Aslam RW, Palinski A, McCabe R, Johnson MR, Weich S, Singh SP, Knapp M, Ardino V, Szczepura A Abstract BACKGROUND: Black and minority ethnic (BME) people using psychiatric services are at greater risk of non-engagement,... more
Research has shown that experiences of military sexual assault and harassment can have a negative impact on veterans' health and functioning, even years or decades later, thus clearly identifying this as an important area of concern for... more
a b s t r a c t This paper utilizes eighteen months of ethnographic and interview research undertaken in 2003 and 2004 as well as follow-up fieldwork from 2005 to 2007 to explore the sociocultural factors affecting the interactions and... more
The Escola Superior d’Infermeria del Mar proposed to incorporate the skills acquisition of cultural competence in the curricula design of the new Nursing Degree; to get it, an optional course was created (Cultural Competence) within the... more
文化、種族的差異對於社會工作實務的影響,自晚近以來一直都蔚為實務經驗反省和理論深究的焦點之一。然而,文化能力雖被廣泛納為倫理守則與專業知能的重要內涵,其中卻也凸顯了許多無論在理論的建構、知識的傳授,甚至應用於實務場域之時,難以解答釐清的困境。本文的目的,在於透過理論的辯證分析原住民社會工作文化能力的相關論述的盲點;以及藉由求學和實務經驗的反思,探討文化能力模式在教學傳承和服務場域的限制與不足。
To be used in some type of experiment and then be forgotten. Why are you interested in me now?" This is one of many sentiments felt by African Americans. In one of many surveys conducted by researchers, African Americans feared they would... more
This article describes the concept of disability as a culture, discusses key components of cross-cultural communication with people with disabilities, and identifies the key elements of providing culturally competent care to people with... more
Purpose: The purposes of this review were to provide an updated report of intervention studies designed to enhance mobility in older adults and discuss the strengths and limitations of existing intervention studies and their implications... more
This study examined perceived satisfaction among Hispanic/Latino individuals who participated in a baseline examination for the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a large cohort study of 16,415 adults living in... more
This article discusses the experiences of mental health professionals who applied the Cultural Formulation (CF) of the DSM-IV for assessment of psychopathology and treatment needs of refugees in the Netherlands. The CF approach proved to... more
To be used in some type of experiment and then be forgotten. Why are you interested in me now?" This is one of many sentiments felt by African Americans. In one of many surveys conducted by researchers, African Americans feared they would... more
1. J Cult Divers. 2007 Summer;14(2):56-60. African Americans and their distrust of the health care system: healthcare for diverse populations. Kennedy BR, Mathis CC, Woods AK. BRK Healthcare Services, Inc. PO Box 25652, Columbia, SC... more