Understanding Culture, Faith and Diversity in Patient Care Management
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The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable promotes harmony and understanding among various faiths and cultures, particularly in relation to healthcare management. A speaker panel shared insights on how healthcare providers address cultural and faith-based needs, as well as disparities in treatment for patients and their children. Discussion topics included personal experiences with healthcare accessibility and the need for improved communication from providers.
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Understanding Culture, Faith and Diversity in Patient Care Management
- 1. Tuesday March 15, 2016 Understanding Culture, Faith and Diversity in Patient Care Management
- 2. Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable organization promotes love, harmony and understanding among people of all faith traditions, cultures, and belief systems in the spirit of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Together we work to facilitate interfaith respect, dialogue and collaboration to overcome religious division, with a goal toward achieving world peace.
- 3. Speaker Panel • Indra Neelameggham: Hindu A teacher of Computer technology and well recognized leader and representative of the Hindu Community in Utah • Lydia Herrera: Hispanic Came to the United States from Mexico 20 years ago and today is the Director of Hildegarde’s Pantry, a very busy regional food bank • Suhad Khudhair: Muslim Highly respected Lead Case manager for the resettlement clients with Catholic Community services and was herself a refugee from Iraq ten years ago
- 4. Discussion 1. How have healthcare providers taken time to understand your personal, cultural and faith background? – i.e. medical interpreter, male/female physician option, dietary restrictions, etc.
- 5. 2. How are your children treated? Please describe some notable differences between your care and theirs—such as quality of care, time spent with the doctor during a visit, level of accommodation for dietary/cultural/faith based needs, etc.
- 6. 3. Has there been a time when you left an appointment unsure of how to manage your medication or maintain your health? – What could providers or the healthcare system do differently for you to manage your health?