Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion

Miguel A. Pérez, PhD, MCHES, is professor and chair of the Department of Public Health, California State University, Fresno, California.Raffy R. Luquis, PhD, MS, MCHES, is associate professor and program coordinator of Health Education, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

• Foreword ixPreface xiiThe Editors xivThe Contributors xvAcknowledgments xixChapter 1 Implications of Changing US Demographics for Health Educators 1Miguel A Pérez and Raffy R LuquisChapter 2 Diversity and Health Education 23Alba Lucia Diaz-Cuellar and Suzanne F EvansChapter 3 Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health: Implications for Health Education 59Kara N Zografos and Miguel A PérezChapter 4 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Culturally Competent Health Education 87Helda Pinzon-PerezChapter 5 Spirituality and Cultural Diversity 119Vickie D KrenzChapter 6 Health Education Theoretical Models and Multicultural Populations 145Raffy R LuquisChapter 7 Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Programs 171Emogene Johnson Vaughn and Vickie D KrenzChapter 8 Culturally Appropriate Communication 193Raff y R LuquisChapter 9 Foundations for Health Literacy and Culturally Appropriate Health Education Programs 217Miguel A PérezChapter 10 The Aging US Population: An Increasing Diverse Population 241William H Dailey Jr and Bertha Felix-MataChapter 11 Culture and Sexual Orientation 267D Kay Woodiel and Joan E CowderyChapter 12 Cultural Competency and Health Education: A Window of Opportunity 293Raffy R Luquis and Miguel A PérezAppendix A: Selected List of Web Resources for Health Disparities 311Appendix B: Summary of Selected Health Disparities 313Appendix C: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards 317Name Index 319Subject Index 329