Session: The Importance of Cultural Competency in the Classroom and in Healthcare
5129.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
The Importance of Cultural Competency in the Classroom and in Healthcare
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Barbara Giloth, DrPH, CHES
12:30 PMPreparing culturally competent leaders in health policy
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, Ying Wang, EdM
12:42 PMA literature review of cultural competency education
Arnab Mukherjea, MPH, Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Carol Allen, MA, Cynthia Salinas, MD
12:54 PMCreating the context: Threading ecological health and multicultural awareness in an academic course
Vivian Chavez, DrPH
1:06 PMDeveloping an interdisciplinary health education committee to provide culturally appropriate health education literature
Marcia J. Liem, BSN, Jennifer Ciridon Rivera, RN, MSN/MPH, CNS
1:18 PMImproving cutural competence among future physicians through experiential learning: The Family Van model *
Alba N. Cruz, PhD, MPH, Toni K. Williams, BS, Rainelle Walker-White, Nancy E. Oriol, MD, Linda Clayton, MD, MPH, Michael Byrd, MD, MPH
1:30 PMKaiser Permanente Institute for Culturally Competent Care
Nilda Chong, MD, DrPH, MPH, Sue Tico, BA, Saleena Gupte, MPH
1:42 PMDeveloping diabetes educational materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)
Elisa Wong, BA, Melinda D. Martin, BS, Nina Lynn Agbayani, BSN, RN, Jeffrey Caballero, MPH
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Chiropractic Health Care; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Latino Caucus; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA