Patient Education Management Archives – October 1, 2006
October 1, 2006
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U.S. newborn death rate high but early education could reduce infant mortality
Health education aimed at healthy babies should begin long before conception, before even the thought of conception. -
Reaching at-risk women to save mothers, babies
Recently, Save the Children, an international relief organization, reported that the U.S. infant mortality rate is nearly five per 1,000 babies. -
Partner with patients and families for education
As associate director of patient and family centered care and education services at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Cezanne Garcia, MPH, CHES, directs and facilitates a broad range of patient- and family-centered care, quality improvements, and patient education programs. -
Initiatives aim to enhance patient communications
A report offering guidelines to help health care organizations ensure effective, patient-centered communications with patients of diverse backgrounds has been released by the American Medical Association (AMA) Ethical Force Program. -
Speaking their language: Crossing cultural barriers
Navigating the health care system often is bewildering for people who were born in the United States and speak English; it may be incomprehensible for some of this country's growing immigrant population, who bring their own cultural beliefs and practices with them. -
Learn cultural practices of the population you serve
When Jane Cavanaugh, RN, CCM, CPHQ, nurse case manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, began managing the care of a Vietnamese woman with lung cancer, she researched beliefs of the Vietnamese culture and tailored her care management plan around them.