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Somalia Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals Working with Foreign-Born Clients
Author:
Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center, SNTC
Publication Date:
2008
Country of Origin:
United States
Format:
Manual
Language:
English
Abstract
The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center in collaboration with the Lung Health Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham developed this TB-specific cultural competency guide for Somalia. The guide provides epidemiological information for both TB and HIV in the country, nicknames for TB, common misperceptions surrounding the etiology, disease transmission, and cures for TB and HIV as well as the stigma surrounding these diseases. A portion of the guide also provides information regarding polite greetings to use when meeting a person from this country, verbal and non-verbal communication, naming customs, cultural values, and internet links to translated educational materials for your clients. This information will enable you to employ a more culturally relativistic approach to client interviews, TB contact investigations, diagnostic procedures, and patient education and counseling regarding both TB and HIV.Publisher:
Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center
Audience(s):
Health Educators/Communicators, Health Professionals, Outreach Workers
Topic:
Non-U.S. born persons, Cultural Competence
Notes:
The Introduction and each guide (Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Mexico, Philippines, Somalia, Vietnam) are available on the HTML website. The PDF file address links to Somalia only. Additional country guides are currently in development for the following countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Brazil, Peru, Indonesia, Columbia, Cuba, China, Haiti, South Korea, Russia, and Burma.
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