Case Study #3: Cultural Competency in Action
Purpose
In this class, you have several opportunities to explore the process of increasing cultural humility in global health. In our student-centered approach of actively engaging students, the use of case studies is one of the most straightforward applications of student-centered learning. The following case study will establish a real-life framework for analysis that will allow you to put in practice the main principles discussed and then to figure out possible solutions for each particular situation. The process of analyzing the parameters of a problem, recognizing and articulating positions, evaluating courses of action, participating in discussions with your classmates, and arguing different points of view—especially on how to apply those solutions in other similar situations—will significantly increase your skills in problem solving, analytical tools, (quantitative or qualitative, depending on the case), decision making in complex situations, and coping with ambiguities.
Course Outcomes
Through the case study activities, the student will meet the following course outcomes.
CO 1: Discuss cultural competence and evaluate the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds, particularly in the context of health promotion and healthcare.
CO 2: Examine the development and major trends of global public health, including factors that impact health and disparities in health conditions across and within regions.
CO 3: Interpret research to measure health, wellness, and disease, with comprehensive engagement of communities and for their advancement.
CO 4: Evaluate the special health challenges, capacities, and requirements of communities impacted by armed conflict, mass violence, and socio-natural disasters.
CO 5: Assess the planning, organizing, and financing of global health interventions, with emphasis on the investigation of burden of disease, social justice, and equitable healthcare.
CO 6: Synthetize behavioral, social, and socio-economic factors of global health through analysis of worldwide migration, discrimination, and subsequent health disparities.
CO 7: Synthesize concepts of global health, through the analysis of U.S. immigration, mental health of migrants, the Ulysses Syndrome, and the role of traditional medicine and community health workers in providing cultural competent healthcare.
CO 8: Appraise the status of global health while integrating and synthesizing cultural understanding for self and others and the roles, processes, and agendas of global health in promoting health in peace, harmony, and compassion.
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 85 points.
Due Date
Your assignment is due no later than the end of Week 5, Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT.
Requirements
View the assigned Case Study prompt/activity.
Respond to the case study and share
three things you learned;
two things you will use in your practice; and
one thing about which you are concerned or puzzled.
Apply what you have learned using the modular resources and this resource.
The length of the paper is to be no less than 2 and no greater than 4 pages, excluding title page and reference pages.
APA format is required with both a title page and reference page.
Note: Introduction – Write an introduction to your paper, but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Preparing the Response
Prepare time to view the assigned case study. Some of the cases presented have multiple layers of information to review.
Be sure to investigate all links within the case study resource. Once you have completed investigation of the case study material, you will develop the following response to post on the Case Study:
Identify three aspects of the case that you consider new information or that offered deeper context.
Explain two aspects of the case that you can apply in practice now or in the future.
Describe one aspect of the case that you found confusing, created question for further consideration, or which you would like to learn more.
Be sure to consider the modular resources and lessons when developing your response.
Module 5 Case Study:
Review the four case studies, which can be found at the following site:
Unite For Sight. (2000-2015). Case studies: Cultural competency in action. Retrieved from http://www.uniteforsight.org/cultural-competency/case-studies# (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Case Study 1: A Successful Bottom-Up Approach
Case Study 2: An Unsuccessful Bottom-Up Approach
Case Study 3: A Successful Top-Down Approach
Case Study 4: An Unsuccessful Top-Down Approach
