by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Jan 5, 2013 | Health Literacy, Patient Engagement
Recognizing the impact of low health literacy on patient compliance and health outcomes is extremely important. A strong body of evidence points directly to the importance of caregiver health literacy as a factor in child health outcomes specifically. Education,...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Sep 23, 2011 | Immigrant and Refugee Health
 Skillfulness in cross-cultural communication with patients can be demonstrated by a provider’s comfort with asking key questions so that he or she may discover the broader context in which a patient is operating. This broader context includes the patient’s...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Jun 13, 2011 | Blog
Culturally-responsive providers consistently work to develop awareness of cultural norms, including their own and those of western medical culture. They combine this awareness with an understanding of the dimensions of culture to more easily identify variations in...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
If your American family story is like mine… your ancestors were probably voluntary immigrants to this country, not refugees. My maternal grandfather came over from Poland at the turn of the last century, knowing eight languages, but not one of them...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
Didn’t I get myself all turned around today? During a presentation to a group of first-year residents (we were talking about phrasing questions to elicit good responses from patients) I tried to give an example of what not to do. I tried to start a sentence with...
