$49.95
ISBN 13 978-1-55642-876-0
288 pp Soft Cover
Pub. Date: 2010
Order# 48760
Product Info Sheet
Product Description
In today’s multicultural society, cultural competence will play an increased role in the physical therapists’ daily routine from the classroom to the clinic. As key phrases will be heard more and more in the health care community: knowledge—awareness—attitude—skills, a text that can take cultural competence learning to the next level is essential.
Cultural Competence: A Lifelong Journey to Cultural Proficiency provides a comprehensive, theoretical and practical approach to increasing knowledge and awareness, improving attitudes, and providing the necessary skills for practicing cultural competence each day.
Dr. Ronnie Leavitt, along with a group of contributors with a range of backgrounds, both in physical therapy and the social sciences, provides an evidence-based text looking to explore practical applications in a wide array of settings. Cultural Competence addresses cultural competence by discussing the special considerations one needs to learn about rather than specific population groups. Also discussed is how different theorists describe cultural competence, as well as methods of measuring cultural competence and government policies regarding cultural competence.
Chapter Topics include:
- Relationship between poverty and health
- Health disparities between populations
- Cross-cultural communications
- Health beliefs and behaviors associated with disability and rehabilitation
- Community based rehabilitation and how to address cultural competence in developing nations
- Service learning and cultural competence
Cultural Competence: A Lifelong Journey to Cultural Proficiency is the ideal text for physical therapy students and clinicians, occupational therapy students and clinicians, and other rehabilitation professionals looking to begin a journey towards understanding how to take into account a patient’s cultural background in the classroom or clinic.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Preface
| Chapter 1: | Introduction to Cultural Competence |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT |
| Chapter 2: | Understanding the Nature of Culture |
| Christine A. Loveland, PhD |
| Chapter 3: | The Historical Development of Theory, Models, and Assessment Tools |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT |
| Chapter 4: | Exploring Cultural Diversity: Eliciting a Client’s Ethnography |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT |
| Chapter 5: | Disability Across Cultures |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT and Susan E. Roush, PhD, PT |
| Chapter 6: | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status, Health Care, and Physical Therapy |
| Kristin Lefebvre, PhD, CCS, PT and Jill Black Lattanzi, EdD, PT |
| Chapter 7: | Poverty and Health: Social Status Differences in Leading Health Indicators |
| Rebecca Reviere, PhD and Valerie R. Stackman, MA |
| Chapter 8: | Understanding Racism |
| Joseph W. Smey, EdD, PT |
| Chapter 9: | Cross-Cultural Communication |
| Helen L. Masin, PhD, PT |
| Chapter 10: | Developing Cultural Competence Through Service Learning |
| Pamela J. Reynolds, EdD, PT |
| Chapter 11: | Physical Therapy and Cultural Competence in the Global Community: Moving from a Bio-Medical to a Social Justice Model |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT |
| Chapter 12: | The Practice of Cultural Competence in the 21st Century |
| Ronnie Leavitt, PhD, MPH, PT |
| Appendix A: | Resources for Additional Information on Cultures Outside of the United States |
| Appendix B: | Resources for Physical Therapists Interested in Global Health |
| Appendix C: | Resources for Establishing a Culturally Competent Practice |
| Index | |
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