Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector

Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa
Herausgeber: Kanu, Mohamed; Williams, Elizabeth; Williams, Charles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781793645760
• ISBN-10: 1793645760
• Artikelnr.: 62123808

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mohamed Kanu; Elizabeth Williams and Charles Williams - Contributions by Regina Bash-Taqi; Gloria Crawford; Mohamed Kanu; Charles Williams and Elizabeth Williams

Inhaltsangabe

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