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Leading Change Through Collaborative Partnership: Implementation of a Statewide Cultural-Competence Initiative in the United States [Symposium]

Abstract

This presentation will discuss opportunities presented by changing demographics and the long-standing disparities in health care. Presenters will share strategies employed by members of the PA-AC Nursing Diversity Council to increase proportion of traditionally underrepresented nurses in the workforce and the implementation of the Pennsylvania statewide cultural competency program.

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Author Details

Sarah Hexem, JD, National Nurse-LED Care Consortium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Rita K. Adeniran, DrNP, Consultation, Innovative and Inclusive Global Solutions (IIGS), Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA; Diana Jones, EdD, MS, College of Health, Environment and Science, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA

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Lead Author Affiliation

National Nurse-LED Care Consortium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

Cultural Competency Program, Health Care Disparities, Multiculturalism

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Fostering cultural competency: The Pennsylvania Action Coalition's exemplar

Dublin, Ireland

This presentation will discuss opportunities presented by changing demographics and the long-standing disparities in health care. Presenters will share strategies employed by members of the PA-AC Nursing Diversity Council to increase proportion of traditionally underrepresented nurses in the workforce and the implementation of the Pennsylvania statewide cultural competency program.