| May 15, 2002 |
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Updated Provider's Guide Adds Cultural Information
on Arabs, Asians, Muslims
HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration has updated
The Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture, adding information
to help health care practitioners deliver culturally sensitive care
to Arab, Central and South Asian, and Muslim clients.
The new information, developed in partnership with the U. S. Agency
for International Development, provides essential health-related information
on the growing numbers of immigrants and refugees from Middle Eastern
and Asian countries, including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Iran, Afghanistan,
Pakistan and India.
In addition, the Provider’s Guide includes a special section
on the health care needs of Muslims, who represent a striking diversity
of people from many non-Arab and non-Asian countries. Beginning
this summer, the guide will also feature interactive video/audio streaming
of best-practice vignettes on working with culturally and linguistically
diverse patients. The vignettes resulted from collaborations between
HRSA and the American Academy of Family Physicians, Kaiser Permanente
of Southern California, the Medical College of Ohio, and the State University
of New York Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook.
The Provider’s Guide is a joint project of HRSA’s Bureau of
Primary Health Care and Management Sciences for Health (MSH).
Topics include:
- getting to know the cultures;
- strengths and protective factors;
- challenges to health and well-being; and
- principles for culturally competent health services.
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