Culture, Language and Health Literacy

• Healthcare reform is here, millions of dollars are being invested…. What will the outcomes be for marginalized populations?  What is the role of culture and interpersonal communication in healthcare services, marketing and behavior change?

• The Policy ThinkShop recommends: The Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Health Resources and Services Administration has a useful website addressing the relationship between healthcare needs, the sociodemographic variables of persons and communities who have those needs and the healthcare provider workforce and institutional systems addressing those needs.

“Effective health communication is as important to health care as clinical skill. To improve individual health and build healthy communities, health care providers need to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities.”

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Obama Wins New Term as Electoral Advantage Holds – NYTimes.com

America’s has chosen to stay on the path to fairness, embracing diversity and the working person … The 47% wins!

The New York Times reports Obama victory as “Mr. Etch a Sketch” goes down hard and for ever!

Mitt Catches Bad Loss … America’s 47% wins big!

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“Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as the nation voted to give him a second …”

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Reverse Mortgages Costing Some Seniors Their Homes – NYTimes.com

The very loans that are supposed to help seniors stay in their homes are in many cases pushing them …

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Kaiser’s Monthly Update on Health Disparities – Kaiser Family Foundation

Kaiser’s September Update on Health Disparities

This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities.

The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.

DISPARITIES IN THE NEWS

1. The Effects Of Discrimination Could Last A Lifetime

2. Study Involving Birmingham Kids Finds Health Disparity Between White, Black, And Hispanic Children

3. How Well You Sleep May Hinge On Race

DISPARITIES IN RESEARCH

4. Temporal Changes In Socioeconomic Influences On Health: Maternal Education And Preterm Birth

5. Socioeconomic Status And Adolescent Mental Disorders

6. Prevalence, Disparities, And Trends In Obesity And Severe Obesity Among Students In The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, School District, 2006-2010

7. Fundamental Causes Of Colorectal Cancer Mortality: The Implications Of Informational Diffusion

DISPARITIES DATA SPOTLIGHT

No Personal Doctor/Health Care Provider Among All Minority Men, by State, 2006-2008 (v1.0)

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Republican Troops Keeping Ryan’s Budget Plan at Arm’s Length – NYTimes.com

Even as Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan exhort Republicans to embrace their proposed Medicare changes and spending cuts, the party’s rank and file is growing less enthusiastic about the …

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Paul Ryan Accepts Republican Vice-Presidential Nomination – NYTimes.com

Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, whose budget plans have come to define conservative opposition to President Obama’s governing philosophy, accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday as his party embraced the …

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Paul Ryan: Romney makes his choice | The Economist

IN THE polarized world of American politics, achieving bipartisan agreement on any topic is a rare feat nowadays. So perhaps it’s worth celebrating the fact that, had it been put to a vote, the pick of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running-mate likely would’ve …

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