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Informationen zum Autor Janice L. Dreachslin, PhD, is a professor of Health Policy and Administration in the Management Division at the Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies in Malvern, Pennsylvania and co-professor-in-charge of the MBA program.M. Jean Gilbert, PhD, a medical anthropologist, is the principal of the consulting firm, Cultures in the Clinic, which advises health care organizations and conducts workshops for health care professionals.Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing. Klappentext Diversity and Cultural Competence in Health CareMajor changes are occurring in the United States population and the nation's health care institutions and delivery systems. Significant disparities in health status exist across population groups. But the health care enterprise, with all its integrated and disparate parts, has been slow to respond. Written by three nationally known scholars and experts, Diversity and Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Systems Approach is designed to provide health care students and professionals with a clear understanding of foundations, philosophies, and processes that strengthen diversity management, inclusion, and culturally competent care delivery.Focusing on current practice and health care policy, including the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), this textbook integrates strategic diversity management, self-reflective leadership, and the personal change process with culturally and linguistically appropriate care into a cohesive systems-oriented approach for health care professionals. The essentials of cultural competence and diversity management covered in this text will be helpful to a wide variety of students because they encompass principles and practices that can be realistically incorporated into the ongoing work of any health care field or organization.Each chapter contains learning objectives, summary, key terms, and review questions and activities designed to allow students to understand and explore concepts and practices identified throughout the text. Zusammenfassung Major changes are occurring in the United States population and the nation's health care institutions and delivery systems. Significant disparities in health status exist across population groups. But the health care enterprise, with all its integrated and disparate parts, has been slow to respond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Tables ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xvThe Authors xviiPART ONE THE DIVERSITY IMPERATIVE 1Chapter 1 Systems Approach to Cultural Competence 3Dimensions of Diversity 7Health Care Diversity Challenges 19Health Care Disparities in the United States 20Changing the US Health Care System 21Systems Approach in the Health CareDelivery Organization 26The Importance of Leadership 27Summary 28Review Questions and Activities 29Chapter 2 Systematic Attention to Health Care Disparities 35What Are Health Care Disparities? 36Race and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status 37Disparities Across Other Diversity Dimensions: Gender, Sexual Orientation, the Elderly 49Stakeholder Attention to Health Care Disparities 56Systematic Strategies for Reducing Health Care Disparities 60Summary 65Review Questions and Activities 66Chapter 3 Workforce Demographics 75Trends in the US Labor Force 76Diversity and the Health Professions 81Drivers of Disparities in the Health Professions 83Checklist of Recommended Organizational-Level Actions 90Workforce Diversity Challenges 96Summary 100Review Questions and Activities 101PART TWO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE 105Chapter 4 Foundations for Cultural Competence in Health Care 107What Is Cultural Competence in Health Care? 109Long Journey Toward Cultural Competence 119Cultural Competence and the Health Care Provider Organization 126Cultural Compe...
