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Definition Of Health Disparities
"...racial or ethnic differences in the quality of healthcare that are
not due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and
appropriateness of intervention."
~
Institute of Medicine's Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health Care (pages 3-4; ©
2003)
"...differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of
diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific
population groups in the United States."
~
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Research Plan to Reduce
and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities (October 6, 2000)
"...differences that occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education or
income, disability, geographic location, or sexual orientation."
~
United States Department of Health and Human
Services, Healthy People
2010: Understanding and Improving Health (November 2000)
Definition of Cultural Competency
"...the knowledge and interpersonal skills that allow providers to
understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than
their own. It involves an awareness and acceptance of cultural differences,
self-awareness, knowledge of the patient’s culture, and adaptation of
skills."
~
American Medical Association, Delivering Culturally Effective Health Care
to Adolescents (1994)
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