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Project
Description
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Nazareth
College is a consortia member of the Finger Lakes Geriatric
Education Center (FLGEC), one of 34 centers currently supported
by the Bureau of Health Professions, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. These centers are dedicated to
strengthening the multidisciplinary training of health professionals
working in the field of gerontology and geriatrics.
The
FLGEC is committed to develop a community-wide response
to improve the public health of the region's older adults
through the education of its health and allied health
practitioners and faculty. The target area is the 13+
county Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, anchored
by the cities of Rochester and Ithaca. These counties
include Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston,
Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins,
Wayne, and Yates.
FLGEC
Educational Project: Nazareth College
- The
FLGEC articulates five projects over the years 2000-2005.
Nazareth College has been awarded a five year grant
to implement project # 5, "Interdisciplinary Perspectives
on Culturally Competent and Congruent Health Care".
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purpose of this project is to develop, implement and
evaluate a series of educational programs for health
services professionals focused on interdisciplinary
training that will enhance knowledge and skill in providing
culturally competent and congruent health care for older
adults from diverse backgrounds using a train the trainer
approach.
Faculty
and Co-directors
- The
Co-directors of the project are: Virginia V. David,
ACSW,CSW, Associate Professor of Social Work, Chair
of the Social Work Department and Phyllis M. Ladrigan,
Ph.D., Director, Gerontology Program and Professor of
Psychology.
- Direction
is in collaboration with individuals from Art Therapy,
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Music Therapy,
Physical Therapy, Pre-Med, Pre-Dental, Pre-Vet programs
and Social Work (all members, along with Nursing and
Gerontology, of the Health and Human Services Professions
group).
Six
strategies will be used to accomplish the purpose of this
project:
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Using
internationally recognized experts in ethnogeriatric
health care, a series of interdisciplinary discipline-specific
conferences and workshops on the theme of culturally
competent and cultural congruent health care will be
offered in partnership with health and social services
agencies and institutions of higher education in the
Finger Lakes Region.
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After
developing and refining cultural assessment instruments
for use with older adults from diverse backgrounds,
interdisciplinary teams comprised of members from at
least three health services professions will participate
in a train-the-trainer program for health services professionals
in academic and practice settings.
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Using
case studies in computerized and printed formats, members
of interdisciplinary teams will demonstrate principles
of culturally competent health care for older adults
from diverse backgrounds.
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By
facilitating the curricular integration of cultural
concepts into health services programs offered by Finger
Lakes universities and colleges, faculty will be better
able to foster sensitivity and responsiveness in their
students to the health care needs of older adults from
diverse backgrounds.
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Using
Healthy People 2010 benchmarks for improved health care
outcomes, health services professionals will be better
able to reduce morbidity and mortality for older adults
from diverse backgrounds in the Finger Lakes Region.
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After compiling a resource directory containing inter-
and multidisciplinary health related cultural information,
material will be disseminated electronically and in
print to health services professionals in academic and
service settings.
For
more information, please contact:
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Virginia V. David,
ACSW,CSW, Associate Professor of Social Work, Chair
of
the Social Work Department
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Phyllis M. Ladrigan,
Ph.D., Director, Gerontology Program and Professor of
Psychology
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