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Session: Ethnic and Racial Disparities: The Impact of Culture
5179.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Ethnic and Racial Disparities: The Impact of Culture
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe concerns in measuring cultural influences on patient expectations of and decisions about physicians; 2. Identify the five components of the Flores model of cultural competency; 3. Identify five barriers to obtaining mental health care for minority populations; 4. Discuss the conceptual pathways of how ethnic enclaves could lead to individual decisions in preventive cancer screening; 5. List four types of ethno-medical beliefs that impede cancer control among low-income African Americans.
Presider(s):James C. Wohlleb, MS
2:30 PMMeasuring cultural influences on patient-physician interaction: A qualitative exploration of among 4 racial and ethnic groups
Cayla R. Teal, PhD, Debora A. Paterniti, PhD, Karyn Kirkendoll, BS, Maria Chang, BS, RD, Marvella E. Ford, PhD, Robert O. Morgan, PhD
2:45 PMLeave no asthmatic child behind: The cultural competency of asthma educational materials
Jane M. Brotanek, MD, MPH, Kristen Grimes, Glenn Flores, MD
3:00 PMRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study  [ Recorded presentation ]
Hoa Bui Appel, PhD, MPH
3:15 PMDo ethnic enclaves contribute to disparities in cancer screening?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD
3:30 PMIncreasing Cultural Competency among Physicians  [ Recorded presentation ]
Wornie Reed, PhD, Kay Colby, BA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Caucus on Homelessness; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Community Health Workers SPIG; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus; Vietnam Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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