Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector

Mohamed Kanu; Elizabeth Williams; Charles Williams

doi:10.5771/9781793645777

Summary

Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector: Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa examines the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis in three West African countries. The authors argue that this public health disaster was exacerbated by the lack of cultural competency in emergency response efforts. Considering the role of culture in the social, economic, health-related, and political dynamics that made these countries particularly vulnerable to the disease and how culturally competent approaches could have been employed sooner to reduce risk and prevent death and disability, this book serves as a guide for government officials, nongovernmental relief agencies, healthcare professionals, and public health personnel on how to effectively center cultural competence in emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4576-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4577-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 118
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. 1. Figures No access
  2. Table No access
4. Preface No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
1. Demand and Intended Purpose of the Book No access
2. Some Basic Assumptions Underlying the Development of This Book No access
1. Introduction: Culture Enables Humans to Adapt and Survive No access
2. How Culture Influences Health Beliefs No access
3. The Catalytic Converters of Culture: Beliefs and Values No access
4. Impact of Culture on Health No access
5. Intersectionality of Health and Illness No access
1. Fula No access
2. Kissi No access
3. Kono No access
4. Krio No access
5. Kru No access
6. Kuranko No access
7. Limba No access
8. Loko No access
9. Mandingo No access
10. Mende No access
11. Sherbro No access
12. Susu and Yalunka No access
13. Temne No access
14. The Vai No access
1. Other Health Emergencies in West Africa: Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea No access
2. Earlier Presence of Ebola in Sub-Saharan Africa No access
3. Ebola in the West Africa Subregion—Emphasis on Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea No access
4. Ebola and Its Symptoms No access
5. The Impact of Traditional Beliefs and Practices on the Spread of the EVD No access
6. Non-cultural Factors that Aided the Spread of Ebola No access
1. Definition of Traditional and Complementary Medicine No access
2. Complementary Medicine No access
3. Arguments in Favor of Traditional Medicine No access
4. Legitimacy of Traditional Medicine within Ebola-Affected Countries No access
5. Challenges Associated with the Use of Traditional Medicine No access
6. The Argument for Refining Health-Related Cultural Practices and Regulating and Standardizing Traditional Medicine No access
7. Culture, Behavioral Lifestyles and Behavioral Change Theories and Models No access
8. The Stages of Change or Transtheoretical Model No access
9. The Social Ecological Model No access
10. Diffusion of Innovation No access
11. The Social Support and Social Network Model No access
Chapter 5: Improving Cultural Sensitivity among Clinicians and Allied Health Professionals No access Pages 67 - 88
Chapter 6: Recommendations for Best Practices No access Pages 89 - 110
Index No access Pages 111 - 114
Editors No access Pages 115 - 116
Contributors No access Pages 117 - 118