Creating Culturally Relevant and Responsive Health Care Models

Authors

  • Naomi N. Duke University of Minnesota
  • Circle of Healing Health Action Team Cultural Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Atum Azzahir Cultural Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN

Keywords:

culture, cultural ways of knowing, health, health care, knowledge, framework

Abstract

Western-based health models situate formalized education as a distinct driver of outcomes. This study, conducted as part of the Community-engaged Scholars Program, interviewed elders and practioners in cultural communities about relationships between cultural ways of knowing and health to inform western-based models of health production and health service delivery. While years of schooling may translate into practical means for obtaining goods and services, cultural knowledge frames provide a foundation for addressing the complexities of health.

Author Biographies

Naomi N. Duke, University of Minnesota

Naomi Duke is an assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, & Fellow, Cultural Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN. She was a scholar within the Community-Engaged Scholars Program.

Circle of Healing Health Action Team, Cultural Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN

Circle of Healing Citizen Health Action Team, composed of residents of South Minneapolis with the goal of maintaining and improving individual health, is part of an initiative of the Cultural Wellness Center and Allina Health’s Backyard Initiative. 

Atum Azzahir, Cultural Wellness Center, Minneapolis, MN

Elder Atum Azzahir is President & Executive Director of the Cultural Wellness Center. 

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Published

08/18/2016

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016): Volume 8, No 3 (2016) Special Edition: University of Minnesota Extension Scholars Program

Section

Research and Theory

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