Cultural Competence in Health Care

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Cultural Competence in Health Care

• Leon Epstein
• Taub Center for Health Policy Studies
• and
• School of Public Health,
• Jerusalem

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Cultural Competence in Health Care
in

• A Culturally Appropriate
• Health Care System

3
Why in Israel

• Past History
• The Present The Health Care System and
  population diversity
• The future challenges

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Past History -the Background to Population
Diversity

• 60 years of aliya were the lessons learnt?
• - Yemenite
• - North African
• - Former Soviet Union
• - Ethiopia
• The 4 Arab population groups

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The Present The Health Care System and
population diversity

• The Health Risk associated with socio-cultural
  diversity
• Communication at the population and individual
  level
• The skills required by the health care
  professional
• Is the present training appropriate?

Health Inequality
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The future challenges

• Culturally Appropriate Health Care
• By
• Culturally Competent Health Care Professionals