Cultural Competence in Health A Review of the Evidence /

• Main Authors: Jongen, Crystal (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McCalman, Janya (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bainbridge, Roxanne (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Clifford, Anton (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Public health.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This resource supports evidence-informed approaches to improving the cultural competence of health service delivery. By reviewing the evidence from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, it provides readers with a clear and systematic overview of the interventions and indicators applied to enabl...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Drivers of Cultural Competence
• Chapter3. Methods
• 4. Health Workforce Development Interventions to Improve Cultural Competence
• 5. Cultural Competence Education and Training for Health and Medical Students
• 6. Programs and Services to Improve Cultural Competence in Healthcare
• 7. Health Organisation and System Cultural Competence Interventions
• 8. Cultural competence strengths, weaknesses and future directions
• 9. Multilevel Cultural Competence Intervention Implementation and Evaluation Framework.