Hispanic Health and Health Care Disparities
FAMED 557
Course Director: David Acosta, M.D., FAAFP
Offered: Fall Qtr 2011 - first class starts on Thurs., 9/29/2011
Location: TBD
Time: Thurs., 5:30p-7:00p
Contact: Pam Racansky, M.A., class coordinator, 206-616-5866, or racansky@u.washington.edu

CLASS FORMAT-GRADING-REQUIREMENTS | REQUIRED READINGS | LECTURES

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Course Content

In 2007 there were 45.5 million Hispanics living in the U.S. making up 15% of the total U.S. population and representing the largest and fastest growing population in the nation. Similarly, Hispanics make up the largest ethnic minority population in the WWAMI region. This course will provide the medical student with an introduction to the Hispanic culture and language, the history of Hispanics in the U.S., Hispanic health status issues, and effective strategies and techniques for working across cultures and linguistic barriers. The course is designed to help the learner to better understand and more effectively respond to the needs of this growing Hispanic population.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

• Describe the historical perspective of health care provision for Hispanics in the U.S. over the past decade, and describe what the issues and barriers that this population has encountered;
•  Describe the changing demographics of the Hispanic population, and the impact that the predicted population growth will have on the provision of quality health care;
•  Define acculturation and the variables that affect the process, and the impact of acculturation on health outcomes;
•  Compare the epidemiology of the health of immigrant and non-immigrant Hispanics;
•  Explain the Hispanic perspective and cultural context of illness and health;
•  Recognize the major barriers and the social determinants to health care for the Hispanic population;
• Describe the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of the most common mental health conditions and illness in Hispanics;
•  Describe common traditional Hispanic practices and its current use in the care of Hispanic health problems along with allopathic medicine;
•  Recognize the leading causes of death and illness affecting Hispanics, and compare the current status of Hispanic health with other minority and white populations.

Class Format, Grading and Requirements
Format will be a combination of lectures, outside reading and small group discussion. Credit/no-credit only - based on attendance, class participation and final exam.

Required Readings

1. National Alliance for Hispanic Health. Delivering Health Care to Hispanics: A Manual for Providers, 4^th edition, Estrella Press, Washington, D.C., 2007  - pdf version will be made available in class.
2. Kaiser Permanente National Diversity Council. A Provider’s Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: Latino Population, 2^nd edition, Kaiser Permanente, 2001 - pdf  version will be made available in class
   
3. Trotter RT, Chavira JA. Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing, 2^nd edition, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1997.
4. Other readings as assigned by each lecturer.
   

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For more information on this course, please contact Pam Racansky, HHP Advisor at 206-685-2489, or at racansky@u.washington.edu.

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