Guidelines for Making Existing Health Education Programs More Culturally Appropriate

Cultural competence may mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful health education program. A program that is not culturally competent often lacks the nuances of a specific culture and is not as effective as a culturally sensitive program. Linguistic and ethnic differences, subcul...

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Published inAmerican journal of health education Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 250 - 252
Main Authors Davis, Peter C., Rankin, Linda L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2006
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
African Americans
Assertiveness
Communication Skills
Community
Cultural Differences
Diabetes
Epistemology
Females
Guidelines
Health education
Health Programs
Hispanic Americans
Immigration
Linguistics
Mexican Americans
Mexicans
Native Language
Native North Americans
Native Speakers
Navajo
Navajo (Nation)
Needs Assessment
Nonfiction
Peer Teaching
Population
Prevention programs
Public Health
Puerto Ricans
Sex Education
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subcultures
Translation
Vocabulary development
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Summary:Cultural competence may mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful health education program. A program that is not culturally competent often lacks the nuances of a specific culture and is not as effective as a culturally sensitive program. Linguistic and ethnic differences, subcultures, and sex and gender roles within the predominant culture need to be taken into consideration. Specific guidelines for making any health education program more culturally competent are presented.
ISSN:1932-5037
2168-3751
DOI:10.1080/19325037.2006.10598912