Title Leveraging culture to address health inequalities : examples from Native communities : workshop summary / Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Introduction and themes of the workshop -- Culture as a social determinate of health -- Why culture matters in addressing health inequitites -- Cultural sensitivity in health care delivery and research -- Diabetes prevention in Native communities -- Cancer prevention and treatment in Native communities -- Reflections on the workshop Summary "Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples from Native Communities is the summary of a workshop convened in November 2012 by the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities of the Institute of Medicine. The workshop brought together more than 100 health care providers, policy makers, program administrators, researchers, and Native advocates to discuss the sizable health inequities affecting Native American, Alaska Native, First Nation, and Pacific Islander populations and the potential role of culture in helping to reduce those inequities. This report summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop and includes case studies that examine programs aimed at diabetes prevention and management and cancer prevention and treatment programs. In Native American tradition, the medicine wheel encompasses four different components of health: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Health and well-being require balance within and among all four components. Thus, whether someone remains healthy depends as much on what happens around that person as on what happens within. Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities addresses the broad role of culture in contributing to and ameliorating health inequities." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed December 31, 2013) Subject Minorities -- Medical care -- Congresses Public health -- Social aspects -- Congresses Indians. Cultural competence. Health Status Disparities Medicine, Traditional Minority Health Complementary Therapies Socioeconomic Factors American Indian or Alaska Native Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Healthcare Disparities Primary Prevention Cultural Competency POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Cultural competence Indians Minorities -- Medical care Public health -- Social aspects SUBJECT United States Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Anderson, Karen, 1948- rapporteur. Olson, Steve, 1956- rapporteur Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, issuing body. ISBN 9780309292573 0309292573

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