NSG 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intercultural Competence, Health Equity, Health Literacy
Document Summary
Health disparities and the need for cultural competence: Health disparities - differences in incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of disease. Cultural competence - having knowledge, abilities, and skills to deliver care congruent with the patient"s cultural beliefs and practices. Enthocentrism - the universal tendency of human beings to think that their ways of thinking, acting, and believing are the only right > avoid. Health literacy - the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services in order to make health decisions. National standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in. Health and health care (clas standards) - provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to different cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, and health literacy. Center for linguistic and cultural competency in health care - to address the health needs of populations who speak limited english.
