Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Culture and cultural competency
A Roadmap for Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities
A resource to build evaluation knowledge and skills of tribes, evaluation partners, and other stakeholders to conduct more useful and meaningful evaluations. Focused on evaluation of child welfare programs, but applicable to evaluation of other types of programs.
Date: 09/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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A resource to build evaluation knowledge and skills of tribes, evaluation partners, and other stakeholders to conduct more useful and meaningful evaluations. Focused on evaluation of child welfare programs, but applicable to evaluation of other types of programs.
Date: 09/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Traditional Living and Cultural Ways as Protective Factors Against Suicide: Perceptions of Alaska Native University Students
Examines the experiences of traditional Alaska Native ways. Covers subsistence activities that may prevent suicide and strengthen indigenous populations.
Author(s): Christopher R. DeCou, Monica C. Skewes, Ellen D. S. López
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72(1)
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Examines the experiences of traditional Alaska Native ways. Covers subsistence activities that may prevent suicide and strengthen indigenous populations.
Author(s): Christopher R. DeCou, Monica C. Skewes, Ellen D. S. López
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72(1)
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
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Redesigning Health Professions Education and Practice to Prepare the Interprofessional Team to Care for Populations
12th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Discusses the need to educate healthcare professionals to care for diverse needs including culture, language, economic status, cultural competency, and health disparities. Discusses the importance of telehealth and telemedicine in population health in rural areas and for those with unstable health conditions that require close monitoring by a health professional.
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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12th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Discusses the need to educate healthcare professionals to care for diverse needs including culture, language, economic status, cultural competency, and health disparities. Discusses the importance of telehealth and telemedicine in population health in rural areas and for those with unstable health conditions that require close monitoring by a health professional.
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Stakeholder Recommendations for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Provides guidance for California's mental health and substance use services with stakeholder input. Addresses rural issues related to delivering and financing services, including workforce shortages and Medicare rates. Highlights telemedicine as a potential solution and the importance of coordinating primary and mental healthcare. Summarizes project reports from the California Reducing Disparities Project for various ethnic and minority groups, including rural data for Native Americans.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Services
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Provides guidance for California's mental health and substance use services with stakeholder input. Addresses rural issues related to delivering and financing services, including workforce shortages and Medicare rates. Highlights telemedicine as a potential solution and the importance of coordinating primary and mental healthcare. Summarizes project reports from the California Reducing Disparities Project for various ethnic and minority groups, including rural data for Native Americans.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Services
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Health Literacy, Health Communication Challenges, and Cancer Screening among Rural Native Hawaiian and Filipino Women
Details a study based on 6 focus groups with Native Hawaiian and Filipino women in rural Hawaii. Breaks down participants' data by cancer screening history, family and personal history with cancer, self-reported health literacy, and demographic information, such as race, age, educational attainment, and marital status, among others. Also discusses cultural competency and language barriers.
Author(s): Tetine Sentell, May Rose Dela Cruz, Hyun Hee Heo, Katheryn Braun
Citation: Journal of Cancer Education, 28(2), 325-334
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Details a study based on 6 focus groups with Native Hawaiian and Filipino women in rural Hawaii. Breaks down participants' data by cancer screening history, family and personal history with cancer, self-reported health literacy, and demographic information, such as race, age, educational attainment, and marital status, among others. Also discusses cultural competency and language barriers.
Author(s): Tetine Sentell, May Rose Dela Cruz, Hyun Hee Heo, Katheryn Braun
Citation: Journal of Cancer Education, 28(2), 325-334
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization
Describes the benefits, steps, and educational techniques of becoming a culturally competent healthcare organization.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Describes the benefits, steps, and educational techniques of becoming a culturally competent healthcare organization.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Cooperative Strategies to Develop Effective Stroke and Heart Attack Awareness Messages in Rural American Indian Communities, 2009-2010
Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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The State of the Border Report: A Comprehensive Analysis of the U.S.-México Border
Examines the management of the U.S.-Mexico border and border region according to four core areas: trade and economic development, security, sustainability, and quality of life.
Author(s): Erik Lee, Christopher E. Wilson, Francisco Lara-Valencia, et al.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute
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Examines the management of the U.S.-Mexico border and border region according to four core areas: trade and economic development, security, sustainability, and quality of life.
Author(s): Erik Lee, Christopher E. Wilson, Francisco Lara-Valencia, et al.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute
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Rural Vets: Their Barriers, Problems, Needs
Describes barriers, problems, and needs that rural veterans experience with a focus on healthcare, and identifies what can be done to help address these.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Hilda R. Heady
Citation: Health Progress, 94(3), 49-51
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Describes barriers, problems, and needs that rural veterans experience with a focus on healthcare, and identifies what can be done to help address these.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Hilda R. Heady
Citation: Health Progress, 94(3), 49-51
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Compliance Review Initiative: Advancing Effective Communication in Critical Access Hospitals
Describes a communication initiative so that limited English proficient individuals can effectively participate in healthcare services at Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Describes a communication initiative so that limited English proficient individuals can effectively participate in healthcare services at Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 04/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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