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Public Health in a Multicultural Environment

Teaching Tools, Strategies, and Resources, continued

=Knowledge of:

  • Conceptual frameworks for public health interventions
  • Root causes of health and mental health disparities
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Conceptual frameworks for cultural and linguistic competence
  • Principles and practices of community engagement
  • Conceptual frameworks and models for community assessment and asset mapping
  • Self-assessment of cultural and linguistic competency at both individual and organizational levels
  • Social determinants research
  • Evidence-based and best practices in ethnic- or culture-specific and multicultural health
  • Approaches, strategies, and interventions being used by local public health organizations that are effective for multicultural populations
  • Strategies for inspiring and supporting people from cultures underrepresented in public health to be aware of and successfully pursue research or practice careers
  • Community organizing, coalition building, and advocacy
  • The Spectrum of Prevention framework
  • Change management theory
  • Transformative leadership
  • Processes for developing organizational strategies for operating in a multicultural environment, and implementation of these at all levels of the organization
  • Effective program and personnel management of a culturally and linguistically competent workforce
  • Multifaceted disease-specific causes and interventions for different racial, ethnic, and cultural groups
    Impact of acculturation and immigrant and/or refugee status and experience on health and mental health status
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