by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Oct 21, 2010 | Culture-Specific Topics
There is a growing community of immigrants and refugees in Colorado from countries in Africa, and thus a growing need for basic awareness among health care professionals about the backgrounds of these patients and families. Healthcare for Immigrants and Refugees,...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Oct 21, 2010 | Immigrant and Refugee Health
This newsletter introduces our community of readers to some of the basic concepts behind the traditional medicines and healing practices of Asian cultures. People belonging to these Asian cultures are accustomed to relying on distinct health practices and beliefs that...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Oct 21, 2010 | Immigrant and Refugee Health
Successful communication between healthcare providers and their patients from different cultural backgrounds depends on developing awareness of the normative cultural values of patients and how these differ from the cultural values of most western medical...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Oct 21, 2010 | Culture-Specific Topics
What is a Folk Illness? Folk illnesses are health beliefs and practices shaped by the cultural conventions of a specific group of people. Folk illnesses (sometimes also referred to as lay health beliefs) have specific causes, preventions, and cures based on wider...
by Marcia Carteret, M. Ed. | Oct 21, 2010 | Immigrant and Refugee Health, Key Concepts in Cross-Cultural Communications, Non-English Speaking Patients, Patient Engagement
In all healtcare settings today, providers are seeing patients from such diverse cultural backgrounds that it is impossible to have staff capable of understanding all the languages of these patients. The culture of medical practice in the United States has its own...
