American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel report: developing cultural competence to eliminate health disparities in ethnic minorities and other vulnerable populations.

Full Abstract

The members of the Expert Panel on Cultural Competence of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) envisioned this article to serve as a catalyst to action by the Academy to take the lead in ensuring that measurable outcomes be achieved that reduce or eliminate health disparities commonly found among racial, ethnic, uninsured, underserved, and underrepresented populations residing throughout the United States. The purposes of this article are to (a) assess current issues related to closing the gap in health disparities and achieving cultural competence, (b) discuss a beginning plan of action from the Expert Panel on Cultural Competence for future endeavors and continued work in these areas beyond the 2002 annual conference on Closing the Gap in Health Disparities, and (c) provide clearly delineated recommendations to assist the Academy to plan strategies and to step forward in taking the lead in reshaping health care policies to eliminate health care and health disparities.

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Author information

Author/s: Giger, Joyce (J); Davidhizar, Ruth E (RE); Purnell, Larry (L); Harden, J Taylor (JT); Phillips, Janice (J); Strickland, Ora (O); American Academy of Nursing;

Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society / Transcultural Nursing Society (J Transcult Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Apr; vol 18 (issue 2) : pp 95-102

Dates: Created 2007/04/09; Completed 2007/05/04; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17416710, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Academies and Institutes - organization & administration
Advisory Committees - organization & administration
Clinical Competence - standards
Consensus Development Conferences as Topic
Cultural Diversity
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Health Planning Guidelines
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health Status
Humans
Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data

Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data
Nurse's Role
Nursing Research - organization & administration
Organizational Objectives
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Social Justice
Societies, Nursing - organization & administration
Socioeconomic Factors
Transcultural Nursing - education; organization & administration
United States
Vulnerable Populations - statistics & numerical data

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