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Teaching Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities

Suzanne Selig, PhD, MPH, MSW1, Elizabeth Tropiano, MS2, Ella Greene-Moton3

1 professor and director of the Department of Health Sciences and Administration and principal investigator of the University of Michigan-Flint's NIH-funded Project EXPORT in Flint, Michigan.
2 director of the Mentoring Core for the University of Michigan-Flint's NIH-funded Project EXPORT in Flint, Michigan.
3 assistant director of Flint's Odyssey House Health Awareness Center and coordinator of the National Community-Based Organization Network in Flint, Michigan.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.


  Abstract

As part of the Genesee County, Michigan, REACH 2010 initiative, a new course, Cultural Competence in Health Care, was developed at the University of Michigan-Flint. The objective of this course is to improve the cultural competence of future health and human service providers and to reduce persistent racial and ethnic health disparities. This article describes the course and the important role that REACH 2010 partners played in its development and implementation. Course materials, methods, and student feedback are summarized, along with lessons learned.

Key Words: cultural competence, health disparities, community-informed instruction, higher education

First published on June 7, 2006, doi:10.1177/1524839906288697

Health Promotion Practice 2006;7:247S.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2006

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