Transcultural Health Care and
Cultural Competence
"We did not all come over on the same ship,
but we are all in the same boat."
Bernard Baruch
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Prepared by Dr. Josepha Campinha-Bacote
Current Articles (2002-2008)
Aaron, K. and Chesley, F. (2003). Beyond Rhetoric: What We Need to Know to Eliminate Disparities. Ethnicity & Disease, 13(Suppl 3), S3-11.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2005). 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report.
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Resources.. AHRQ Publication No. 06-0017. December 2005. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr05/nhdr05.pdf
American Journal of Managed Care . (2004). Special Issue on Health Care Disparities. Available at : http://www.ajmc.com/ViewIssue.cfm?Menu=1&ID=1977
American Journal of Public Health. (2003). Volume 93, Issue, 2. The entire February 1, 2003 issue features a selection of articles on racial/ethnic bias & health.
Anderson, L., Scrimshaw, S., Fullilove, M., Fielding, J., Normand, J., and Task Force on the Community Preventive Services. (2003). Culturally Competent Healthcare Systems. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(3S) 68-79.
Andrews, M., and Boyle, J. (2008). Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care (5th edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins.
Balsa, A., McGuire, Thomas, G. and Meredith, L. (2005). Testing for Statistical Discrimination in Health Care. Health Services Research, 40(1), 227-252.
Battle, D. (2002).
Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Baum, F. (2007). Cracking the Nut of Health Equity: Top Down and Bottom Up Pressure Action on the Social Determinants of Health. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 14(2), 90-95.
Beach MC, Cooper LA, Robinson KA, et al. (2004). Strategies For Improving Minority Healthcare Quality. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 90. AHRQ Publication Number 04-E008-1, January 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/minqusum.htm
Beach, M., Rosner, M., Cooper, L., Duggan, P., and Shatzer, J. (2007). Can Patient-Centered Attitudes Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care? Academic Medicine, 82(20), 193-198.
Berry, E. (2002). Not Separate But Still Unequal: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Clearinghouse Review, 36, 201-212.
Betancourt, J., Green, A., and Carrillo, E. (2002). Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches. Published by Commonwealth Fund. Publication #576. Report can be found on the Fund’s website at www.cmwf.org or at http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/betancourt_culturalcompetence_576.pdf
Betancourt,
J., Green A., Carrillo J., and Park, E. (2005).
Cultural Competence and Health Care Disparities:
Key Perspectives and Trends. Health
Affairs;
Bigby, J.
(2003). Cross-cultural Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: American College of
Physicians.
Braveman, P. (2006). Health Disparities and Health Equity: Concepts and Measurement. Annual Review of Public Health, 27.
Burroughs, V., Maxey, R., and Levy, R. (2002). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Response to Medicines: Towards Individualized Treatment. Journal of the National Medical Association, 94:1-26.
also available at http://www.npcnow.org/resources/PDFs/CulturalFINAL.pdf
Byrd, W., and Clayton, L. (2002). An American Health Dilemma. Volume 2- Race, Medicine and Health Care in the United States 1900-2000. NY: Routledge.
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2002). The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services: A Model of Care. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13 (3), 181-184.
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2003). Many Faces: Addressing Diversity in Health Care. Journal of Online Issues in Nursing, 8(1). Online at : http://nursingworld.org/ojin/topic20/tpc20_2.htm
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2002). Readings and Resources in Transcultural Health Care and Mental Health (13th Edition). OH: Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates Press
Order form online at:
http://www.transculturalcare.net/Resources.htm
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2008). Cultural Desire: 'Caught' or 'Taught?' Contemporary Nurse, 28(2), Advances in Contemporary Transcultural Nursing 2nd edition.
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2007). The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services: The Journey continues (5th Edition). OH: Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates Press.
Order form online at: http://www.transculturalcare.net/Resources.htm
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2005). A Biblically Based Model of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services. OH: Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates Press
Order form online at: http://www.transculturalcare.net/Resources.htm
Capell, J., Veensrta, G. and Dean, E. (2007). Cultural Competence in Healthcare: Critical Analysis of the Construct, its assessment and Implications. Journal of Theory Construction &Testing, 11(1), 30.
Carpenter-Song, E., Schwallie, M. and Longhofer, J. (2007). Cultural Competence Reexamined: Critique and Directions for the Future. Psychiatric Services, 58:1362-1365.
Champlain Valley Areas Health Education Center. (2007). Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers Manual. (link to pdf file)
Chong, N. (2002). The Latino Patient: A Cultural Guide for Health Care Providers. ME: Intercultural Press.
Contemporary Nurse (2008). The Vol. 28 Issue 1-2, April 2008 of Contemporary Nurse edited by Akram Omeri and Marilyn McFarland is entitled, "Advances in Contemporary Transcultural Nursing 2nd edition." It is divided into four sections: transcultural nursing leadership and education; application of transcultural nursing theory and models of practice; transcultural nursing research; and global agenda in transcultural nursing.
Contemporary Nurse (2003). The Vol. 15 Issue 3, October 2003 of Contemporary Nurse edited by John Daly and Debra Jackson, from the University of Western Sydney is entitled, "Advances in Contemporary Transcultural Nursing." It is dedicated to Madeleine Leininger and discusses articles on globalization, culture and health, cardiovascular health, and mental health with a particular Australian focus.
Cutilli, C. (2006). Do Your Patients Understand? Providing Culturally Congruent Patient Education. Orthopaedic Nursing, 25(3), 218-224.
D'Avanzo, C., and Geissler, E. (2003). Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment, 3rd edition. St. Louis: Mosby.
de Leon Siantz, M. (2008). Leading Change in Diversity and Cultural Competence. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(3), 167-171.
DeRosa, N. & Kochurka, K. (2006). Implement Culturally Competent Healthcare in Your Workplace. Nursing Management, 11,18-26.
Drevdahl, D., Canales, M. and Dorcy, K. (2008). Of Goldfish Tanks and Moonlight Tricks: Can Cultural Competency Ameliorate Health Disparities? Advances in Nursing Science, 31(1):13-27.
Earley, P. and, Mosakowsk,i E. (2004). Cultural intelligence. Harvard Business Review, Oct: 139–46.
Eddey, G. and Robey, K. (2005). Considering the Culture of Disability in Cultural Competence Education. Academic Medicine, 80 (7), 706-712.
Edwards, K. (2003). Increasing Cultural Competence and Decreasing Disparities in Health. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 10(4), 111-112.
Engebretson, J., Mahoney, J. and Carlson, E. (2008). Cultural Competence in the Era of Evidence-Based Practice. J Prof Nurs, 24(3),172-178.
Epstein, L. (2007). Culturally Appropriate
Health Care by Culturally Competent Health Professionals. International Workshop
Report. The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services
Research, Caesarea, Israel, October 2007.
http://www.israelhpr.org.il/FileServer/daf11be9ddbcd17dfea47b5583fd61f2.pdf
Fortier, J., and Bishop, D.
(2004). Setting the Agenda for Research and Cultural Competence in
Health Care: Final Report. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Minority Health.
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cultural.htm
Fletcher, F., Crabtree, A., McKennit, D., Landrie, M., and Magee, P. (2006). A Systematic Review of the Academic Literature Related to the use and Development of Cultural Competence in Health Promotion and Community Service Professionals. Edmonton, Alberta: Alberta Cancer Board and University of Alberta. http://www.cancerboard.ab.ca/pdf/cancer_prevention/phi_systematic_review.pdf
Galanti, J. (2004). Caring for Patients From Diverse Cultures. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Giger, J., Davidhizar, R., Purnell, L., Harden, J., Phillips, J. and Strickland. (2007). American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel Report: Developing Cultural Competence to Eliminate Health Disparities in Ethnic Minorities and Other Vulnerable Populations. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2), 95-102.
Giger, J., & Davidhizar, R. (2008). Transcultural Nursing (5th edition). St. Louis: Mosby Year Book.
Geiger, H.J. (2001). Racial Stereotyping and Medicine: The Need for Cultural Competence. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 164 (2), 1699-1701.
Graves, D., Like, R., Kelly, N., and Hohensee, A. (2007). Legislation as Intervention: A Survey of Cultural Competence Policy in Health Care. Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, 10: 339-361.
Green, A., Carney, D., Pallin, D., Ngo, L., Raymond, K., Iezzoni, L. and Banaji, M. (2007). Implicit Bias Among Physicians and its Prediction of Thrombolysis Decisions for Black and White Patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(9),1-8. http://minority-health.pitt.edu/archive/00000763/01/ Implicit_Bias_among_Ph ysicians.pdf
Harper, M. (2006). Ethical Multiculturalism an Evolutionary Analysis. Advances in Nursing Science, 29:110-24.
Hasnain-Wynia, R., Pierce, D. and Pittman, M. (2004). Who, When and How: The Current State of Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language Data Collection in Hospitals. NY: Commonwealth Fund. (
link)
Hassouneh-Phillips, D. & Beckett, A. (2003). An Education in Racism. Journal of Nursing Education, 42(6), 258-265.
Hegyvary, T. (2006). Health Disparities Related To Race and Ethnicity. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Third Quarter: 205.
Helman, C. (2007). Culture, Health and Illness (5th edition). Oxford: UK Butterworth Heinemann.
Hill, P., Lipson, J. & Meleis, A. (2003). Caring for Woman Cross-Culturally. Philadelphia, PA: Davis.
Institute of Medicine (2004). In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce (2004). Washington, DC: National Academic Press.
Available online at:
http://www.nap.edu/books/030909125X/html/
Jirwe, M., Gerrish, K., & Emami, A. (2006). The Theoretical Framework of Cultural Competence. The Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health, 12, (3), 6-16.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing. (2002). Entire July issue (Volume 13, Issue 3) focuses on the extant models, theories & frameworks of transcultural nursing.
Kai, J. (2003). Ethnicity, Health and Primary Care. Oxford: UK University Press.
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2007). Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update
," CA: Author:Kehoe, K. & Melkus, G., Newlin, K. (2003). Cultural Competence Within the Context of Care: An Integrative Review. Ethnicity & Disease, 13(3): 344-353.
LaVeist, T. (2005) . Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States. CA: Jossey-Bass.
Leininger, M. & McFarland, M. R. (2006). Culture Care Diversity & Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory (2nd.) Massachusetts: Jones and Barlett
Leininger, M., & McFarland, M. (2002). Transcultural Nursing: Concepts, Theories, Research & Practice (3rd ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division.
Leuning, D., Swiggum, P., Wiegert, H., & McCullough-Zander. (2002). Proposed Standards for Transcultural Nursing. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(1), 40-46.
Lipson, J., Dibble, S., & Minarik, P. (2005). Culture and Clinical Care. CA: UCSF Nursing Press.
Lum, D. (2005). Cultural Competence, Practice Stages, and Client Systems: A Case Study Approach. CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole.
Lynam, J. (2008). Culture, Health, and Inequalities: New Paradigms, New Practice Imperatives. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(2), 138-148.
Maclean, JR., Johnson, M., Rogers, R.L., & Hoffman, W. (2002). Collecting Data on Race and Ethnicity in Managed Care: Challenges and Suggestions. JCOM, 9(5), 259-262.
Mead, H., Cartwright-Smith, L., Jones, K., Ramos, C., Woods, K., and Siegel, B. (2008). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook. CA: The Commonwealth Fund.
McGuire, T. and Miranda, J. (2008). New Evidence Regarding Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health: Policy Implications. Health Affairs, 27(2), 393-403.
McNeil, J., Campinha-Bacote, J.,
Tapscott, E. &
Vample, G. (2002). BESAFE: National Minority
AIDS Education and Training Center Cultural Competency Model. Washington,
DC: Howard University Medical School. Online at:
http://www.nmaetc.org
Morales, L., Puyol, J., and Hays, R. (2003).
Improving Patient Satisfaction Surveys to Assess Cultural Competence in Health
Care. Oakland, CA: California Health Care Foundation.
http://www.chcf.org/documents/consumer/PatientSurveysCulturalCompetence.pdf
Munoz, C. and Luckman, J. (2005). Transcultural Communication in Nursing. NY: Thompson Delmar Learning.
Murphy, S. (2006). Mapping the Literature of Transcultural Nursing. J Medical Library Association, 94(2 Suppl): E143–E151.
Narayanasamy, A. (2002). The ACCESS Model: A Transcultural Nursing Practice Framework. British Journal of Nursing, 11, 643-650.
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (2005).
Eliminating Health Disparities: Strengthening Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language in the United States. Author. http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/051107rpt.pdf
Papadopoulous, I., & Lee, S. (2002). Developing Culturally Competent Researchers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(3), 258-264.
Pearson A., Srivastava, R., Craig, D., Tucker, D., Grinspun, D., Bajnok, I., Griffin, P., Long. L., Porritt, K., Han, T. and Gi, A., (2007). Systematic Review on Embracing Cultural Diversity for Developing and Sustaining a Healthy Work Environment in Healthcare. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 5 (1), 54–91.
Policy Research Associates. (2005). Cultural Competence in Health Care. Delmar, NY: Author. http://bphc.hrsa.gov/hchirc/pdfs/bibs/28_cultural.pdf
Public Health Reports. (2003). The entire July issue, Vol. 118, Issue 4 is focused on cultural "Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Contemporary Issues and Approaches.
Purnell, L., & Paulanka, B. (2008). Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach (3rd Edition). PA: F.A. Davis.
Putsch, R. and SenGupta, I., Sampson, A. and Tervalon. (2003). "Reflections on the CLAS Standards: Best Practices, Innovations, and Horizons,"
http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/reflections.pdfRosenjack- Burchum, JL. (2002). Cultural Competence: An Evolutionary Perspective. Nursing Forum, 37(4), 5-15.
Rothman, J. (2008). Cultural Competence in Process and Practice: Building Bridges. CA:
Rust, G., Kondwani, K., Martinez, R., Danise, R., Wong, W., Fry-Johnson, Y., Woody, R., Daniels, E., Herbert-Carter, J., Aponte, L. and Strothers, H. (2006). A Crash-Course in Cultural Competence. Ethnicity & Disease, 16(2), 29-36.
Schim, S., Doorenbos, A., Benkert, R. and Miller, J. (2007). Culturally Congruent Care: Putting the Puzzle Together. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2), 103-110.
Satcher, D. and Rubens J.P. (2006). Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. McGraw-Hill.
Seibert, P. S., Stridh-Igo, P., & Zimmerman, C. G. (2002). A Checklist to Facilitate Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity. J.Med.Ethics, 28 (3): 143-146.
Seright, T. (2007). Perspectives of Registered Nurse Cultural Competencies in a Rural State - Part I. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 7(1), 47-56.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6862539/Perspectives-of-registered-nurse-cultural.html
Seright, T. (2007). Perspectives of Registered Nurse Cultural Competencies in a Rural State - Part I. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 7(1), 57-68.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6862540/Perspectives-of-registered-nurse-cultural.html
Smedley, B.D., Stith, A.Y., & Nelson, A.R. (2002). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Board on Health Sciences Policy. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academic Press.
Spector, R. (2008). Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness (7th edition). CT: Appleton-Lange.
Stacks, J., Salgado, M. and Holmes, S. (2004). Cultural Competence and Social Justice: A Partnership for Change Transitions, 15(3), 3-7. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/PUBLICATIONS/transitions/transitions1503_8.htm
Stone J. (2005). Culture and Disability: Providing Culturally Competent Services. CA: Sage Publications.
Sue, S. (2008). Cultural Competency: From Philosophy to Research and Practice. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(2), 237-245.
Suh, E. (2004). The Model of Cultural Competence Through an Evolutionary Concept Analysis. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(2), 93-102.
Taylor, J. (2003). Confronting "Culture" in Medicine's "Culture of No Culture." Academic Medicine, 78(6), 555-559.
Taylor, J. (2003). The Story Catches You and You Fall Down: Tragedy, Ethnography, and "Cultural Competence." Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 17: 159-181.
Thanasombat, S., and Morris, M. (2006). Unequal Access to Health Care: A Test Language Services at Alameda County Hospital. Berkley, CA: The Discrimination Research Center. http://drcenter.org/staticdata/Unequal_Access_to_Health_Care_DRC.pdf
Tseng, W, Matthews, D. and Elwyn, T. (2008). Cultural Competence in Forensic Mental Health. NY: Brunner-Routledge.
UK Commission for Racial Equality. (2002). Towards Racial Equality: An Evaluation of the Public Duty to Promote Race Equality and Good Race Relations in England and Wales. Schneider-Ross: Author.
Wynia, M. K., & Matiasek, J. (2006). Promising Practices in Patient-centered Communication With Vulnerable Populations: Examples From Eight Hospitals. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund.
Wilson-Stronks, A., Le, K., Cordero, C., Kopp, A., and Galvan, R. (2008). One Size Does Not Fit All: The Health Care Needs of Diverse Populations. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission.
Wilson-Stronks, A. and Galvan, R. (2007). Hospitals, Language, and Culture: A Snapshot of the Nation. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission.
Wong, P. T. (2006). Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping. NY: Springer.
Yehieli
, M. (2005). Health Matters: A Pocket Guide to Working With Diverse Cultures and Underserved. Populations. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.Xu, Y., Shelton, D., Polifroni, E. and Anderson, E. (2006). Advances in Conceptualization of Cultural Competence in Nursing: An Initial Assessment. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 18(5), 386-393.
http://hhc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/18/5/386
Yuen, F. (2003). International Perspectives on Disability Services: The Same But Different. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Social Work Practice Press
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