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Teaching
Tools, Strategies, and Resources, continued
| Coursework/Curricula: |
- Incorporate
multicultural health-related lectures, case studies, or
community-based projects into the breadth and scope of
each
public health course.
- Create
and offer multicultural health specialty areas and coursework.
For example, UC Berkeley,
School of Public
Health, has a multicultural
health specialty area.
- Offer
expert academic or practice guest lecturers on a periodic
or an ongoing basis.
- Offer
a speaker series, seminars, symposia, or workshops on multicultural
health.
- Assign
individual and group projects in such courses as asset
and need assessments, program planning, and data
analysis related to multicultural health and cultural and linguistic competence.
- Identify
conferences and support the attendance of students and
faculty.
- Develop
a resource library with books, articles, tools, reports,
multimedia products, and other resources.
- Develop
a Web site with key materials and links or create an online
index.
- Offer
forums – “safe refuge” in
which students, faculty, and alumni can share experiences.
- Conduct
a survey of alumni regarding their recommendations for
key areas of knowledge and skills
for multicultural health.
- Establish
community advisory boards or committees to provide input
into curricula development and
modification.
- Involve
undergraduates, and encourage them to pursue graduate training
or coursework in multicultural
health.
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| Practice-Based
Strategies: |
- Offer
internships in multicultural health.
- Plan
and conduct field trips to enhance learning opportunities.
- Conduct
forums and training sessions, and provide resources on
evidence-based and best practices on public health interventions
for multicultural populations.
- Develop
case studies with a cultural and linguistic context, with
emphasis on strengths-based
and cultural protective factors.
- Participate
in local partner initiatives within culturally and linguistically
diverse communities (e.g., immunization drives, health fairs, public
media campaigns, fund raising, and others).
- Encourage
practitioners to conduct and/or collaborate in applied
research using culturally
and linguistically competent and participatory
action designs.
- Provide
technical assistance and/or mentoring opportunities to
health and mental health practitioners.
- Offer
training to build community capacity, particularly within
communities
that are disproportionately impacted by racial and ethnic
disparities in health and mental health.
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| Research: |
- Encourage
and support dissertations or theses on multicultural
health and cultural and linguistic competency.
- Participate
in faculty research projects that focus on multicultural
health and cultural and linguistic competency.
- Evaluate
community-based interventions in a culturally and linguistically
competent manner.
- Develop
and track appropriate measures and health indicators using
variables such as race, ethnicity,
SES, language,
culture, class, and gender.
- Provide
professional development for faculty, and offer coursework
for students on research methods and interactions
within multicultural communities.
- Employ
community-based participatory research methodologies as
an organizational policy.
- Fund
and offer postdoctoral fellowships in multicultural health
and cultural and linguistic competence.
- Identify
values for community engagement, and develop policy and
guidelines
for implementing practices
and for conducting research within multicultural communities.
- Fund
an Endowed Chair in the school or university for multicultural
health.
- Recruit
and retain faculty who are knowledgeable and skilled in
conducting research with multicultural
populations and communities.
- Establish
partnerships between researchers and community practitioners.
- Cultivate
and maintain partnerships within culturally and linguistically
diverse communities.
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| Fostering
an Environment That Values Multicultural Students: |
- Conduct
an organizational assessment of cultural and linguistic
competency.
- Ensure
the creation of a mission statement and a written plan
that articulate the principles, rationale,
and values
of the
school or university for multicultural health and cultural
- Ensure
that the school or university has dedicated staff and resources
necessary to provide an environment that
values multicultural students.
- Design
and implement outreach and recruitment strategies to increase
the pool of culturally and linguistically
diverse students who pursue careers in public health.
- Support
faculty recruitment and professional development to enhance
expertise and organizational
capacity in
multicultural health and cultural and linguistic competence.
- Provide
students with a range of learning opportunities to participate
in
community-based participatory
action research projects and initiatives on multicultural health.
- Build
a cadre of faculty, practitioners, and alumni mentors.
- Create
and/or support multicultural student associations and
student-faculty committees.
- Celebrate
cultural events within the university community and the
community at large.
- Support
the participation of students in community events and networks.
- Display
artwork and pictures created by students or local residents
or that depict local cultures.
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| Supporting
Student Language Proficiency: |
- Provide
resources to strengthen student language proficiency and
student ability to meet schoolwork requirements successfully.
- Offer
pre-matriculation English and writing workshops.
- Create
and support a network of bilingual and/or multilingual
students.
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