2. The Cultural Moments Framework
Invited presentation
SIETAR USA Conference
Spokane, Washington
April 15, 2010
Presenter:
Nancy Jambor, MA
nanjam1@msn.com
3. This work was supported in part by
Nurturing Cultural Competence in Nursing
a program of the national initiative
Partners Investing in Nursing’s
Future
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
in collaboration with the Northwest Health Foundation
www.partnersinnursing.org
Portland, Oregon
6. Habits of Mind
❖ “A habit of mind becomes
expressed as a point of
view.”
❖ Our values and sense of
self are anchored in our
frames of reference.”
Learning as Transformation
Mezirow & Associates,
2000
9. Session Outline
❖ Health disparities: A “wicked” problem
❖ Cultural
Moments Framework: A
promising practices intervention
10. Session Outline
❖ Health disparities: A “wicked” problem
❖ Cultural
Moments Framework: A
promising practices intervention
❖ Exploration of the Framework: A health
care case study
15. Cultural Competence in Health Care:
An Emerging Field
The “best approach”:
Focus on
cross-cultural knowledge
AND
the process of
communication
Betancourt, et al (2003)
16. The need for
cultural competence
“Clinical barriers ... occur when sociocultural
differences between patient and provider are not fully
accepted
appreciated
explored or
understood” Betancourt, et al (2003)
18. Ways to nurture
cultural competence
Promote transformational learning processes
Connect Instrumental & Communication
learning
Facilitate “learning how to learn”
Focus on “diversity literacy”
photo credit: American Medical Student Assn. University of Michigan www.umich.edu/~amsa/ corevalue_disparities.htm
Elimination of health disparities was one of the national goals (public health agenda) for HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010.
Using 2002 data, Satcher and colleagues calculated excess deaths of 83,570 people annually for African Americans alone.
Center for Disease Control (CDC): Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues
Elimination of health disparities was one of the national goals (public health agenda) for HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010.
Using 2002 data, Satcher and colleagues calculated excess deaths of 83,570 people annually for African Americans alone.
Center for Disease Control (CDC): Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues