Program Overview
This program is to educate and inform healthcare professionals, educators, and community health workers (CHW) on some of the unique health beliefs that can influence people from different cultural backgrounds when providing diabetes prevention education,
identify some of the potential cultural challenges and how to overcome them, and increase desirable cultural competencies skills that promotes effective communication when educating diverse populations.
Learning Outcome
Participants will be able to state importance of cultural competency; identify their own biases and demonstrate they understand effective communication.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
-- Describe challenges of providing diabetes prevention education to diverse populations and how to overcome them.
-- Recognize how health beliefs that can influence behavior of people from different cultural backgrounds.
-- Develop
teaching strategies for providing education using Cultural Competence Model.
-- Illustrate cultural competencies skills that promotes effective communication.
Activity Type:
This recording of an online presentation is a knowledge-based learning activity.
Intended Audience
ADCES webinars are designed for individual or groups of diabetes care and education specialists, including RNs, RDs, Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, MDs, and other health care providers interested in
staying up to date on current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related conditions.
Access Period
You will have access to this learning activity for a period of six months after you enroll, or whenever the activity's CE credits expire (whichever comes first).
Originally presented on: 8/16/2019
Reviewed: 7/1/2022
Expiration date: 8/16/2024