Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector

Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa

Mohamed Kanu, Elizabeth Williams, Charles Williams (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

134 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4576-0 (ISBN)

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Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector: Ebola Affected Countries in West Africa examines the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis in three West African countries. The authors argue that this public health disaster was exacerbated by the lack of cultural competency in emergency response efforts. Considering the role of culture in the social, economic, health-related, and political dynamics that made these countries particularly vulnerable to the disease and how culturally competent approaches could have been employed sooner to reduce risk and prevent death and disability, this book serves as a guide for government officials, nongovernmental relief agencies, healthcare professionals, and public health personnel on how to effectively center cultural competence in emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks.

Mohamed Kanu is professor and former director of the master of public health program at Tennessee State University. Elizabeth A. Williams is interim dean of the College of Public Service and professor of public health at Tennessee State University. Charles Williams is professor emeritus at the University of Memphis in the Department of Anthropology. Regina Bash-Taqi is public health and education consultant and managing director at Institute for Development.

Introduction: The Nexus Between Cultural Sensitivity and Health Services

Chapter 1: The Interface Between Cultural Beliefs, Practices, and Health

Chapter 2: Ethnic Groups of Sierra Leone

Chapter 3: The Impact of Cultural Practices on Health: Case study of the Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea

Chapter 4: Integrating Cultural and Behavioral Adaptations in Disease Prevention

Chapter 5: Improving Cultural Sensitivity among Clinicians and Allied Health Professionals

Chapter 6: Recommendations for Best Practices

Erscheinungsdatum	05.07.2021
Reihe/Serie	Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
Co-Autor	Regina Bash-Taqi, Gloria Crawford
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 225 mm
Gewicht	404 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-7936-4576-0 / 1793645760
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-4576-0 / 9781793645760
Zustand	Neuware