- Introduction
- Multicultural Competency
- Implicit Bias
- Statistical Measures and Healthcare Trends
- Racial Disparities
Case Example 1: Adjusting Care Across Demographics
- Gender Disparities
Case Example 2: Disparity In Pre-pregnancy Care
- Mental Illness and Disparity
Case Example 3: Screening for Depression in a Hispanic Adolescent
- Reproductive/Maternal Health Disparities
Case Example 4: Pulmonary Embolism in a Post-partum Black Woman
- Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer (LGBTQ+)
- Transgender Mental Health
- Access to Healthcare and Community Resources
- Transgender Specific Issues
- Strategies for Healthcare Professionals
- Case Example 5: The Risk of Assuming a Client’s Sexual Orientation
- Case Study 6: Transgender Female-to-Male
- Military Members and Veterans’ Health
- Screening and Assessing Military Members
- Substance Use and Suicide
- Military Culture
- Case Example 7: Risk of Health Disparity in a Veteran
- Religion
Case Example: Perinatal Care With a Terminal Diagnosis
- Elderly and Children
- Case Example: Ageist Treatment of an Elderly Client
- Case Example: Terminal Illness Disclosure for a Pediatric Client
- People With Disabilities
- Attitudinal Barriers
- Communication Barriers
- Physical Barriers
- Intellectual Disability
- Case Example: Effects of Disability on Mother’s Care for Her Infant
- Cross-cultural Communication and Transcultural Models of Healthcare
LEARN Model Communication Tips
- Transcultural Nursing and Nursing Theory
- Applying Theory in Everyday Practice
- Leininger’s Sunrise Model
- Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model
- Purnell Model for Cultural Competence
- Campinha-Bacote Model
- Summary