Importance of Cultural Competence in Infectious Disease
Outbreaks and Response
Cultural competence is important when public health
practitioners need to address infectious disease outbreaks in cross-cultural
communities. Before beginning this assignment, learn about cultural competence
in public health. Also, read the attached document. For this assignment, you
must demonstrate an understanding of the community that you chose based on the
scenario you choose. Do not provide a generic response. It must be specific and
detailed in the information and how you will APPLY cultural competence in the
given situation.
Choose one of the scenarios to discuss:
Measles outbreaks in the U.S. have continued to occur due to
lack of vaccination. Most notably in the Somali community in Minnesota in 2017
and in the Amish community in Ohio in 2014. Devise a program to facilitate
vaccination in response to one of these outbreaks. Conduct a needs and a
capacity assessment to identify cultural commonalities and differences to be
addressed, and the ability of your program to address them.
The lack of cultural competence in the recent Ebola epidemic
of 2014-2016 in West Africa has been implicated as a reason that the outbreak
was not contained sooner. If you were a public health practitioner responding
to this outbreak, how would you include cultural norms and leaders in how you
communicate with the community in order to control and prevent the disease from
spreading?
Please be concise in your writing and keep the page length 5 pages total.
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