Main description:

Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion, 2nd edition, examines the importance of ethnic and cultural factors for community health practice. Edited and written by a stellar list of contributors who are experts in field, this book describes essential theories, models, and practices for working with race, ethnicity, gender, and social issues. The authors cover a wide range of topics including demographics, disparities, complementary and alternative medicine, spiritually grounded approaches, multicultural populations, culturally competent needs assessment and planning, communication, workforce, program planning, aging, sexual orientation, and future challenges. This edition has substantially expanded coverage on working with diverse groups, social determinants of health, spirituality, theoretical models for multicultural populations, planning and program evaluation, and aging, with new content includes coverage of disability and health literacy.
This edition also reflects the latest standards for Certified Health Education Specialist certification and national standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), from Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

Contents:

Foreword ix Preface xii The Editors xiv The Contributors xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter 1 Implications of Changing US Demographics for Health Educators 1 Miguel A Perez and Raffy R Luquis Chapter 2 Diversity and Health Education 23 Alba Lucia Diaz-Cuellar and Suzanne F Evans Chapter 3 Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health: Implications for Health Education 59 Kara N Zografos and Miguel A Perez Chapter 4 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Culturally Competent Health Education 87 Helda Pinzon-Perez Chapter 5 Spirituality and Cultural Diversity 119 Vickie D Krenz Chapter 6 Health Education Theoretical Models and Multicultural Populations 145 Raffy R Luquis Chapter 7 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Programs 171 Emogene Johnson Vaughn and Vickie D Krenz Chapter 8 Culturally Appropriate Communication 193 Raffy R Luquis Chapter 9 Foundations for Health Literacy and Culturally Appropriate Health Education Programs 217 Miguel A Perez Chapter 10 The Aging US Population: An Increasing Diverse Population 241 William H Dailey Jr and Bertha Felix-Mata Chapter 11 Culture and Sexual Orientation 267 D Kay Woodiel and Joan E Cowdery Chapter 12 Cultural Competency and Health Education: A Window of Opportunity 293 Raffy R Luquis and Miguel A Perez Appendix A: Selected List of Web Resources for Health Disparities 311 Appendix B: Summary of Selected Health Disparities 313 Appendix C: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards 317 Name Index 319 Subject Index 329