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Flashcards in Cultural Competency Deck (8)
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What type of knowledge about cultural competency is beneficial?

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  • Cultural beliefs
  • Cultural practices
  • Disparities in Incidence
  • Disparities in Occurance
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What are the goals of cultural competency?

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  • Knowledge
  • Attitude
  • Skills
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(True or False) Breast cancer is less frequent but more fatal in African American women than it is in Caucasian women.

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True

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(True or False) African American men have a later onset of prostate cancer than other ethnic groups.

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False. They have an earlier onset than other ethnic groups.

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What are some attitudinal objectives?

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  • Understanding the importance of cultural issues in an optimal healthcare delivery
  • Awareness of others having both similar and dissimilar characteristics
  • Developing comfort with issue of difference
  • Increasing self-awareness in dealing with cross-cultural situations
  • Developing an ability to acknowledge issues that include stereotyping and bias
  • Avoiding the presumption of understanding without asking.
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(True or False) In a given large metropolitan area it is imperative to acknowledge, and respond to the social diversity encountered in the daily delivery of service in the healthcare arena.

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True

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How might one respond to social diversity?

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Incorporate cultural knowledge and cultural sensitive attitudes into the delivery of healthcare

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What are some skills objectives in cultural competency?

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  • Integrate knowledge and attitudes by demonstrating respect and validating other cultures
  • Applying knowledge and attitudes to discover the cultural context of the healthcare problems as well as the patients needs
  • Adapting communication skills to situations in which English is not a first language
  • Demonstrating proficiency in the use of an interpreter
  • In order to achieve optimal healthcare outcome consider the influence of culture on all aspects including problem solving, diagnosis, management, and treatment.