Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector
Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa
Abstract
Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector: Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa examines the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis in three West African countries. The authors argue that this public health disaster was exacerbated by the lack of cultural competency in emergency response efforts. Considering the role of culture in the social, economic, health-related, and political dynamics that made these countries particularly vulnerable to the disease and how culturally competent approaches could have been employed sooner to reduce risk and prevent death and disability, this book serves as a guide for government officials, nongovernmental relief agencies, healthcare professionals, and public health personnel on how to effectively center cultural competence in emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks.
Schlagworte
Liberia Guinea disease outbreaks Sierra Leone public health ethnocentrism international relief global health health crisis Western biomedicine outbreak response cultural awareness cultural bias cultural competence cultural sensitivity- i–xvi Preface i–xvi
- 1–8 Introduction 1–8
- 111–114 Index 111–114
- 115–116 Editors 115–116
- 117–118 Contributors 117–118