Question

Explain the benefits of public health practitioners using cultural competence and the harms of public health practitioners not using cultural competence in practice as related to this issue and population.

Answer 1

The use of cultural competence is very important for the public health practitioner to understand and develop a good relationship with the people who have different cultural background like language,Religion , tradition and customs. It often difficult to connect with people when the publc health practitioner don't understand their background.

Benefits of using cultural competence

  The use of cultural competence help the public health practitioner to build a good relationships with each other.

-It help to increase the mutual understanding and respect between patient and organization

-cultural compitence help to increases trust among the people

-it helps the health practitioner to improve patient data collection

-allow increased community participation and involvement in the healthproblems in the society.

-It help to improve the peoples knowledge

-it help to give care for patient with diverse values,belief and behaviour

-a healthy approch can give a healthy outcome

- help to develop a culturally competent disease management programs

-help in access to health care disparities by race and ethnicity

Harm of public health practitioner not using cultural competence

cultural competence is a very important factor for the development of the people .if a health practitioner not using cultural competence it is difficult to understand the people in the community,

-communication problem may occur if not using the cultural competence

- cultural competence have an effect on patient safety.if not practicing

-there is lack of understanding

-failure to obtain medical and medication history

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