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Quality Health Services for Hispanics: The Cultural Competency Component

 

Endnotes

[1] Rachel Kreier, Crossing the Cultural Divide, American Medical News, Jan. 25, 1999.
[2] Ian Robertson, Sociology, Wirth Publications, Unit 2 -The Individual, Culture and Society, p. 72.
[3] Roberto Suro, Strangers Among Us, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, p. 23.
[4] Quote from Dr. Juan Ramos, in pamphlet "Connections — The Story of COSSMHO and its 25 Years of Connecting Communities and Creating Change", National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[5] Elena Cohen, Goode T.D., Rationale for Cultural Competence in Primary Health Care. Policy Brief 1, National Center for Cultural Competence, Winter, 1999.
[6] Cross, TL, BJ Bazron, KW Dennis, and MR Isaacs. "The Cultural Competence Continuum" Toward a Culturally Competent System of Care: A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children Who Are Severely Emotionally Disturbed. Washington, DC: Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) Technical Assistance Center, Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University Child Development Center, 1989, p. 13. In Proyecto Informar: Trainer's Manual. National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations (National Alliance for Hispanic Health), 1998, p. 134.
[7] Todd K., Samara N., Hoffman J., Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Inadequate
Emergency Department Analgesia. JAMA March 24/31, 1993. Vol. 269,
No.12.
[8] Woloshin, S., Bickell, N., Shwartz, L., Gany, F., Welch, G. "Language Barriers in Medicine in the United States." JAMA, March 1, 1995.
[9] U.S. Census Bureau 1996 as cited by Antonia M. Villarruel, Ph.D., F.A.A.N.,
Carmen J. Portillo, Ph.D., R.N., Pamela Kane, B.S.N., R.N., "Linguistic
Competency: Implications for Nursing Practice.” A paper prepared for
National Alliance for Hispanic Health Cultural Competence Series Project,
March, 1998.
[10] Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Anna Nápoles-Springer, M.P.H., and José M. Miramontes, M.D., "The Effects of Ethnicity and Language on Medical Outcomes of Patients with Hypertension or Diabetes" Medical Care 1997, Volume 35, Number 12, pp. 1212–1219.
[11] Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000d (1988).
[12] The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Accreditation Manual for Hospitals as cited by Rafael Metzger, "Legal Issues in Care Delivery to Hispanics: Civil Rights and Professional Competence," A paper prepared for National Alliance for Hispanic Health Cultural Competence Series Project, April 1998.
[13] Teresa M. Kielhorn, JD, LLM, "Reducing Risk by Improving Communication", Permanente Journal Home Page, Kaiser Permanente Home Page www.kpnw.org, Summer, 1997.
[14] Op. cit., K. Nakajima and D. Bidaillon, “Communication issues in the managed care environment,” 17 FORUM pp. 6–9 (1996).
[15] National Alliance for Hispanic Health, "Navigating Language Differences,"
Proyecto Informar Trainers Manual, National Alliance for Hispanic Health,
pp. 107–123, 1998.
[16] Ibid.
[17] Antonia M. Villarruel, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Carmen J. Portillo Ph.D., R.N., Pamela Kane, B.S.N., R.N. "Linguistic Competency: Implications for Nursing Practice.” A paper prepared for National Alliance for Hispanic Health Cultural Competency Series Project, March, 1998.
[18] From interview conducted with Texas State Representative and pharmacist Leticia Van de Putte for "Connections — The Story of COSSMHO and its 25 Years of Connecting Communities and Creating Change," National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[19] Duran, Deborah. Impact of Depression, Cultural Determinants, Psychosocial Factors and the Patient/Care-Provider Relationship on Somatic Complaints of Distressed Latinas. Dissertation, University of Denver, 1995.
[20] Escobar, Javier. “Cross-cultural aspects of the somatization trait.” Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 38(4), pp. 167–178, 1987; and Guarnaccia, P.; DelaCancela, V. & Carrillo E. “The Multiple Meaning of Ataques de Nervios in the Latino Community”. Medical Anthropology, 11, pp. 47–62, 1989.
[21] Koss, J.D. “Somatization and somatic complaint syndromes among Hispanics: Overview and ethnopsychological perspective.” Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, 27, 5–29, 1990; and Duran, Deborah. Impact of Depression, Cultural Determinants, Psychosocial Factors and the Patient/Care-Provider Relationship on Somatic Complaints of Distressed Latinas. Dissertation, University of Denver, 1995.
[22] Duran, Deborah. Impact of Depression, Cultural Determinants, Psychosocial Factors and the Patient/Care-Provider Relationship on Somatic Complaints of Distressed Latinas. Dissertation, University of Denver, 1995; and Escobar, Javier. “Cross-cultural aspects of the somatization trait.” Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 38(4), pp. 167–178, 1987.
[23] Jane L. Delgado, Ph.D., Salud — A Latina's Guide to Total Health — Body, Mind, and Spirit. Harper Collins, 1997.
[24] Duran, D. “Lack of Hispanic Involvement in Research — Is it Hispanics or Scientists.” Community Genetics pp. 183–189, 1998.
[25] Ibid.
[26] Ibid.
[27] Ibid.
[28] Ilan Stavans, The Hispanic Condition, Harper-Collins, 1995, p. 27.
[29] David Helvarg, The War Against the Greens, Sierra Club Books, 1997, p. 44.
[30] US Bureau of the Census. "The Hispanic Population. in the United States:1996."
[31] US Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports, Dec. 1997. Detailed Cross-Tabulations for Puerto Rico, Aug. 1994.
[32] US Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports, Dec. 1997.
[33] Duran, Deborah. Impact of Depression, Cultural Determinants, Psychosocial Factors and the Patient/Care-Provider Relationship on Somatic Complaints of Distressed Latinas. Dissertation, University of Denver, 1995.
[34] Collins FS, Guyer MS, Chakravarit A . “Variations on a theme: Catalog human DNA sequence variation.” Science 1997; 278: pp. 1580–1581, 1997.
[35] Committee on Human Genome Diversity, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council: Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity. Washington, National Academy Press, 1997.
[36] Foster M, Bernsten D, Carter T,: “A model agreement for genetic research in socially identifiable populations.” Am J. Human Genetic 63, pp. 696–702.1995.
[37] US Bureau of the Census. "Population Projections of the United States..." in Current Population Reports p. 25–1130, Feb. 1996.
[38] US Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports p. 25–1130, Feb. 1966.
[39] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 29, 1996.
[40] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 30.
[41] US Bureau of the Census. Current Population Reports p. 25–1130, Feb. 1966.

[42] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 30.
[43] US Department of Health and Human Services, "Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A report to the Surgeon General." Office of Smoking or Health, 1998.
[44] National Institute of Drug Abuse, "Racial Comparisons of Lifetime, Annual, Thirty-day, and Daily Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs." Monitoring the Future Study, 1998.
[45] "Nuestras Voces, Our Voices." A report on Hispanic teens and smoking, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[46] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 32–33.
[47] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 33.
[48] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 33.
[49] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 34.
[50] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 34.
[51] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 35.
[52] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 36.
[53] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 36.
[54] Aguirre-Molina and Caetano, R. “Alcohol use and alcohol-related issues.” In: Molina, CW and Aguirre-Molina M eds. Latino Health in the U.S.: A Growing Challenge. Washington DC: American Public Health Association, pp. 393–424, 1994.
Endnotes
[55] Randolph , W.M.; Stroup-Benham, C.; Black, S.; Markides, K. “Alcohol use among Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Ricans.” Alcohol Use Among Special Populations, Alcohol Health and Research World. 22, 4, pp. 265–269.
[56] Canino, G.; Burnam, A.; Caetano, R. “The prevalence of alcohol abuse and/or dependence in two Hispanic communities.” In: Helzer, J. and canino G., eds Alcoholism in North America, Europe and Asia, pp. 131–154. 1992.
[57] Randolph , W.M.; Stroup-Benham, C.; Black, S.; Markides, K. “Alcohol use among Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Ricans.” Alcohol Use Among Special Populations, Alcohol Health and Research World. 22, 4, pp. 265–269.
[58] Black, S.A. and Markides, K.S. “Acculturation and alcohol consumption in Puerto Rican, Cuban American and Mexican American women in the United States.” American Journal of Public Health 83(6): pp. 890–893, 1993.
[59] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 36–37.
[60] CDC. "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 1995." CDC Surveillance Summaries, Sept. 27, 1996. MMWR 1996.
[61] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 38.
[62] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 38.
[63] Wernette and Nieves, 1991. "Minorities and Air Pollution: A Preliminary Geographic Demographic Analysis." Presented at Socioeconomic Research Analysis Conference, June 27–28, 1991.
[64] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 39.
[65] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 44–45.
[66] Centers for Disease Control "HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report," 1997.
[67] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 47.
[68] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 1997; 9 (No.1): pp. 9–10.
Endnotes
[69] Surveillance Epidemiology End Results, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1995.
[70] Surveillance Epidemiology End Results, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1995.
[71] National Center for Health Statistics. "Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1995." Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 45, No. 1, Supplement 2.
[72] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 48.
[73] Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. "Third Report on Nutrition Monitoring in the US, Volume One." December, 1995.
[74] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 48–49.
[75] National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases. "Diabetes in Hispanic Americans." NIH publication No. 98-3265. June 1998.

[76] Vega, W. and Amaro, H. “Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among rural and urban Mexican Americans in California.” Archives of General Psychiatry; 55, pp. 771–782, 1998.
[77] Duran, Deborah. Impact of Depression, Cultural Determinants, Psychosocial Factors and the Patient/Care-Provider Relationship on Somatic Complaints of Distressed Latinas. Dissertation, University of Denver, 1995.
[78] Al-Issa, I. “Ethnicity, immigration and psychopathology”. In Al-Issa and Tousignant, M. eds. Ethnicity, Immigration and Psychopathology. New York: Plenum, pp. 3–15, 1997.
[79] Vega, W. and Amaro, H. “Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among rural and urban Mexican Americans in California.” Archives of General Psychiatry; 55, pp. 771–782, 1998.
[80] Robert Suro, Strangers Among Us, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, p. 51.
[81] Robert Suro, Strangers Among Us, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, p. 51.
[82] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 52–53.
[83] Ilan Stavans, The Hispanic Condition, Harper-Collins, 1995, p. 79–82, and other historic sources.
[84] As Reported in "Project HEAL — Responding to Community Needs from within the Community," National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[85] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, p. 102.
[86] "Project HEAL — Responding to Community Needs from within the Community," National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[87] Both the Chicago and Los Angeles examples are reported in "Project HEAL — Responding to Community Needs From Within the Community," National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[88] “Prenatal Hotline Celebrates First Birthday,” The COSSMHO Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 2 March, 1998–June, 1998, p. 10, and additional interviews.
[89] Murray, C.J. & Lopez, A.D. “The global burden of disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from disease, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020.” Boston: Harvard School of Public Health, World Health Organization and the World Bank. 1996.
[90] Vega, W. “Gaps in service utilization by Mexican Americans with mental health problems.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, pp. 928–934, 1999.
[91] Leaf, P. “Mental health service use in the community and schools: Results from the four community MECA study.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35, pp. 889–897. 1996.
[92] Hiatt, R. “Behavioral Research Contributions and Needs in Cancer Prevention and Control: Adherence to Cancer Screening Advice.” Preventive Medicine, 26, p. 3. 1997.
[93] Juana Mora, Ph.D. “Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Substance Abuse Prevention for U.S. Latinos.”, A Paper Prepared for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Cultural Competency Series Project, March, 1998, p. 89.
[94] As reported in “Nuestra Voces, Our Voices.” A Report on Hispanic Teens and Smoking, COSSMHO, 1998. p. 90.
[95] As reported in “Nuestra Voces, Our Voices.” A Report on Hispanic Teens ans Smoking, COSSMHO, 1998. p. 91.
[
96] Uniform Crime Reports, Annual Report. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. government. 1997.
[97] Juvenile Justice Facts and Figures, Annual Report. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinqueny Prevention, 1997.
[98] "Project HEAL — Responding to Community Needs from Within the Community," National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1998.
[99] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 58–59.

Endnotes
[100] Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. "Health Insurance Status of
Workers and Their Families: 1996."

[101] Knox H. Todd, M.D., Nigel Samaroo; Jerome R. Hoffman, M.D. "Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Inadequate Emergency Department Analgesia." JAMA, March pp. 24–31, 1993, Volume 269.

[102] US Bureau of the Census. "Employed Civilians, by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995." Current Population Reports, Section 13 Labor Force Employment and Earnings.
[103] National Alliance for Hispanic Health "Delivering Preventive Health Care To
Hispanics" A Manual For Providers, pp. 54–55.

[104] Carolina Reyes, M.D. Martin Montoro, M.D., Maria Victor, R.N., C.D.E., Norma Chavez, R.N., C.D.E., Siri Kjos, M.D. "Evaluation of a Culturally Competent Outpatient Management Program of Insulin-Requiring Diabetes in Pregnancy in a Latina Population." Women's and Children's Hospital University of Southern California School of Medicine. A paper prepared for National Alliance for Hispanic Health Cultural Competency Series, 1998.

[105] National Center for Health Statistics. "Health United States 1990."
[106] Project Summary Memo from Latino Community Development Agency, 420 SW 10th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73109 to National Alliance for Hispanic Health, 1501 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington DC, 20036, July, 1998.
[107] From interview with Mamae Teklemariam, Community Health Services,
Harbor View Medical Center, conducted for National Alliance for Hispanic
Health, July, 1998.

[108] From interview with Pete Duarte, C.E.O. Thomason Hospital, El Paso, Texas, conducted for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, July, 1998.
[109] From interview with Pete Duarte, C.E.O. Thomason Hospital, El Paso, Texas, conducted for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, July, 1998.