HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE MULTICULTURAL IMPERATIVE
HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE MULTICULTURAL IMPERATIVE
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jebdp.2014.02.003
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Garcia, Raul I.
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作者：
Cadoret, Cynthia A.;Garcia, Raul I.
提供文化和语言上适当的照顾是消除口腔健康差距的关键一步在UnitedStates.BackgroundHealth差距，再加上迅速变化的人口趋势，继续困扰医疗保健，卫生保健劳动力和人口健康。因此，还有更多的工作要做，以确保个人，无论种族或族裔，以负担得起的价格获得高质量的医疗保健。本文的目的是提高认识的口腔卫生保健从业人员的原因和后果的口腔健康的差距，并强调有前途的战略，旨在提高有效的沟通卫生保健提供者和他们serve.MethodsA叙述利用关键出版物将解释的概念，多元文化的必要性，和它的直接关系，以消除健康的差距，包括口腔健康的差距。ConclusionsIt是必不可少的，口腔卫生专业人员努力成为文化和语言精通沟通和照顾我们所有的病人。专业组织和学术机构的成员也可以努力确保学生和目前的从业人员都有机会获得课程和继续教育，以期提高文化熟练程度。
Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care is a crucial step toward the elimination of oral health disparities in the United States.BackgroundHealth disparities, coupled with rapidly changing demographic trends, continue to plague healthcare, the health care workforce and population health. Consequently, there is still more work indicated to ensure individuals, regardless of race or ethnicity, receive quality health care at an affordable price. The purpose of this paper is to increase the awareness of oral health care practitioners about the causes and consequences of oral health disparities and to highlight promising strategies aimed at improving effective communication between health care providers and the patients they serve.MethodsA narrative utilizing key publications will explain the concept of the multicultural imperative, and its direct relationship to the elimination of health disparities including oral health disparities.ConclusionsIt is essential that oral health professionals strive to become culturally and linguistically proficient in communicating with and caring for all our patients. Members of professional organizations and academic institutions can also work to ensure that both students and current practitioners have access to a curriculum and continuing education with the intended outcome of increased cultural proficiency.