Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine

Name: Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine
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ISBN: 9780736072281

ISBN-10: 0736072284

ISBN-13: 9780736072281

Edition: 2011

Authors: Lorin A. Cartwright, Rene Revis Shingles

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Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine is a must-have resource for any health care professional who works with athletes and patients of diverse cultural backgrounds. This unique text stresses the importance of recognizing different cultural attitudes, beliefs, and expectations so that athletic trainers and other health care professionals can modify their professional behavior accordingly to reflect their sensitivity to their patients' needs, ultimately resulting in a comfortable and positive health care experience for patients.The need to provide behaviorally competent health care to diverse populations prompted the National Athletic Trainers' Association to identify cultural awareness as a… key competency for all certified athletic trainers, including entry-level athletic trainers. Cultural Competence in Sports Medicinesupports this objective by defining the concept, explaining why it is important, and using examples specific to athletic trainers and other health professionals working with athletes. The text covers the various cultural competence theories and models, including the process of cultural competence in the delivery of health care services, which serves as a foundational model for the remainder of the text. Because readers will need to understand their own biases before they can begin to change them, the text offers information on analyzing and assessing one's own cultural attitudes and behaviors. Once readers are prepared with that cultural awareness, the text builds cultural knowledge about various racial and ethnic groups, including the origin of culture, common sensitivities and conditions, possible beliefs about illness and preventive healing practices, and providing symptom management and treatments.Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine also presents strategies for engaging in cross-cultural interactions. Readers will learn these factors: Cultural considerations for each stage in the physical assessment process, including taking an oral history, inspecting, observing, and palpating How to work through an interpreter to foster clear communication with athletes The conventional dress code generally expected by different cultures to cultivate a professional atmosphere Appropriate palpation techniques across cultures so athletes are comfortable with the type and degree of physical contact The differences in acceptable interaction between male and female clientsActivities throughout the text provide opportunities for students to apply their developing cultural awareness and related skills. Role-playing exercises help readers realize and understand their own cultural viewpoints, while thought-provoking "What Would You Do?" sections detail a cultural encounter and encourage the reader to reflect on the situation either individually or through in-class discussion. Each chapter also includes chapter objectives, interviews with professionals, review questions, and key terms to help students comprehend and retain the information presented. Instructors will find an online instructor guide and test package to help them plan and deliver their courses.Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine explores methods of assessing the overall cultural competence of a health care organization. Whether part of an institutional mission or a personal objective to become more behaviorally competent when working with athletes or patients of diverse cultures, this text will serve as a guide. Readers will begin to understand their own cultural viewpoints and those of others while learning the tools to apply their new cultural awareness in offering more culturally sensitive and supporti

Book details

List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 9/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Exploring Cultural Competence



Defining Cultural Competence


What is Cultural Competence?


Why is Cultural Competence Important?


Theories and Models of Cultural Competence


Process of Cultural Competence


Terminology and Language


Summary


Learning Aids



Cultural Beliefs and Practices


Culture-Bound Syndromes


Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)


Summary


Learning Aids



Demographics and Health Disparities


Changing Demographics


Relationship Between Demographics and Health Disparities


Reducing Health Disparities


Summary


Learning Aids



Cultural Awareness



Understanding Difference


Unpacking the Luggage


Repacking the Luggage


Summary


Learning Aids



Understanding Self


Cultural Awareness and Self-Assessment


Everyone Has Culture


Generalizations, Stereotypes, and Prejudices


Advantages, Disadvantages, and Privileges


Summary


Learning Aids



Cultural Knowledge



Native American


American Indian


Native Alaskan


Summary


Learning Aids



Asian American and Pacific Islander American


Chinese


Filipino


Vietnamese


Summary


Learning Aids



Black


African American


Sub-Saharan African


Haitian


Summary


Learning Aids



Latino


Mexican


Puerto Rican


Cuban


Summary


Learning Aids



White European


German


Irish


English


Summary


Learning Aids



Middle Eastern


Arab-Collective (Lebanese, Syrian, Egyptian)


Iranian


Summary


Learning Aids



Cultural Skill and Cultural Encounters



Eliciting Information


A Revised Cultural Formulation and the Explanatory Models Approach


Other Models for Eliciting Information


Eliciting Information Through Use of an Interpreter


Summary


Learning Aids



Culturally Based Physical Assessment


Taking an Oral History


Inspecting and Observing Physical Signs


Palpating


Summary


Learning Aids



Working in a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization


Cultural Desire in the Health Care Organization


Cultural Awareness in the Health Care Organization


Cultural Knowledge in the Health Care Organization


Cultural Skill in the Health Care Organization


Cultural Encounters in the Health Care Organization


Summary


Learning Aids


Appendix


Glossary


References


Index


About the Authors