The Scenario
You and members of your organization have been asked to give a presentation at your state’s annual public health conference. Your agency serves a diverse population and has developed a cultural competency model for staff that has shown increased access and health care outcomes within the community.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation designed to be presented at a public health conference that provides an overview of your analysis of the health disparities in a specific population along with a suggested model for improving cultural competency in health care organizations serving that population group:
• Identify the populations served.
o Consider the definition of population groups as described in Unit 1.
• Provide background information on the populations).
o Include data provided in the Population Demographics Fact Sheet, similar to the one you developed in Unit 3.
• Outline health behaviors/implications that are significant for the populations.
o Build upon the information from a Health Care Needs Assessment, similar to the needs assessment you created in Unit 5.
• Provide an overview of a cultural competency model developed for training staff.
o It should be clear how the model directly relates to lessening health disparities based on social factors that are specific to the identified population. Your model should highlight the key knowledge, skills and attitudes health care staff in your organization are integrating in to their health care practices.
• Provide general recommendations for other organizations about improving their organization’s cultural competency.
o Draw examples from organizations that have collaborated across international boundaries to improve practices for similar populations.
o Include suggestions for increasing inter-professional communications with other members of the community who serve this population