Abstract
Within the health care provider-health care recipient relationship the communication must be culturally competent to eliminate barriers to equitable health care for all Americans. This assertion has conceptual grounding in Public Law 106-129 (the Health Care Research and Quality Act of 1999) and Public Law 106-525 (the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000). This narrative systematic review examines this assertion by using selection and exclusion criteria to gather interventions, assessments, and testimonies conducted from 2000-2007. Reports that were not eliminated via these criteria were analyzed to determine the effect of specific practices that were undertaken in interventions, assessments, and testimonies. Which practices does research propose as indispensable to efforts to eliminate health disparities for racial and ethnic minority health care recipients? Findings indicate that culturally competent behaviors by providers and recipients promote effective intercultural communication that eliminates health care disparities, and removes obstacles to care.
Recommended Citation
Keys, Truman Ryan
(2012)
"Behaviors That Eliminate Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Narrative Systematic Review,"
Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association: Vol. 2009, Article 5.
Available at:
https://docs.rwu.edu/nyscaproceedings/vol2009/iss1/5