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Prior to the advent of multiculturalism, mainstream psychology mirrored the Euro-American culture. In contrast, multiculturalism acts as a prism that reveals the diversity in the human condition. Since most empirical research is still conducted on Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic populations, we need to construct a representative map of the human psychological and behavioral phenome. To work toward this goal, multicultural psychologists go beyond personal transformation and openness to the other. They question power relations, oppose oppressive systems, address psychology's fallacy of neutrality, and engage in social justice action. Specifically, multicultural psychologists work to restore the humanity of both the oppressed and the oppressor. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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Cultural Diversity , Social Justice , Humans , Databases, FactualABSTRACT
Introduction: Accurate demographic data are essential to identify and monitor differences, trends, and changes in diabetes-related conditions between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs). It also provides pertinent information to reduce health and racial disparities among English- and Spanish-speakers. Method: The study's design was a quantitative cross-sectional one. Electronic medical record (EMR) and survey data of the same sample were compared. Descriptive statistics were computed for ethnicity, preferred language, and physiological data. Frequency and percentages were calculated for each continuous and categorical variable. Chi-square was calculated to compare physiological variables by ethnicity and language. Results: During a 5-month period (September 2021-February 2022), 106 individuals from New York City with diabetes took part in this study. Among Hispanics, most from the EMR identified as Other (82.4%), whereas from the survey, most identified as White (57.1%). More Hispanics (19%) and Spanish speakers (18%) had high triglyceride levels compared to NHBs (2%) and English speakers (3%). Conclusion: Ensuring that demographic data are accurate can better inform programs. Because Hispanics and Spanish speakers had the highest triglyceride levels, diabetes programs need to include information on cardiovascular disease and must be available in Spanish, to further reduce risk factors, improve health outcomes, and promote health equity among these populations.
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OBJECTIVES: To better understand the knowledge, practice, importance, awareness, usefulness, and confidence of non-Hispanic Black and English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes. DESIGN: A descriptive cross-sectional survey study design was used and descriptive statistics was conducted. SAMPLE: Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes were recruited from three New York City public hospitals. MEASUREMENTS: A one-time survey was delivered via email, text message or over the phone. RESULTS: Of the 96 participants, 47.9% were Hispanic/Latino and 52.1% were non-Hispanic Black individuals; 43.8% of the surveys were completed in Spanish and 56.3% in English; 41.7% were female and 58.3% male; 77.1% preferred to complete the survey via the telephone, 14.6% through email, and 8.3% via text message. Chi-square findings showed, 90.6% knew mask wearing prevented COVID-19; 96.9% knew that covering the nose and mouth during mask wearing is needed, 93.8% wore a mask, and 92.8% felt it important or very important to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For social distancing, 88.5% knew it prevented the spread of COVID-19, 93.8% practiced it, and 95.8% felt it important or very important. CONCLUSION: In having a better understanding of the knowledge and practices of COVID-19 among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic populations with diabetes, the development of culturally and linguistically tailored community-based mitigation strategies can be developed that are aimed at improving the preparedness of these groups for the next emerging infectious disease, such as COVID-19.
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COVID-19 , Diabetes Mellitus , Female , Humans , Male , Cross-Sectional Studies , Hispanic or Latino , Surveys and Questionnaires , Black or African AmericanABSTRACT
Racial trauma, a form of race-based stress, refers to People of Color and Indigenous individuals' (POCI) reactions to dangerous events and real or perceived experiences of racial discrimination. Such experiences may include threats of harm and injury, humiliating and shaming events, and witnessing racial discrimination toward other POCI. Although similar to posttraumatic stress disorder, racial trauma is unique in that it involves ongoing individual and collective injuries due to exposure and reexposure to race-based stress. The articles in this special issue introduce new conceptual approaches, research, and healing models to challenge racial trauma. The authors encourage psychologists to develop culturally informed healing modalities and methodologically sophisticated research and urge the inclusion of public policy interventions in the area of racial trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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Historical Trauma , Racism , Stress, Psychological , Humans , Psychology, SocialABSTRACT
Humanism and multiculturalism are partners in an evolutionary alliance. Humanistic and multicultural psychotherapies have historically influenced each other. Humanism represents the third force in psychotherapy, while multiculturalism embodies the fourth developmental stage. Multiculturalism embraces humanistic values grounded in collective and social justice contexts. Examples of multicultural humanistic constructs include contextualism, holism, and liberation. Certainly, the multicultural-humanistic connection is a necessary shift in the evolution of psychotherapy. Humanism and multiculturalism participate in the development of an inclusive and evolutionary psychotherapy.
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Cultural Diversity , Humanism , Mental Disorders/therapy , Psychotherapy/methods , Humans , Psychotherapy/ethicsABSTRACT
The author discusses the evolution of psychotherapy as a healing practice, a scientific endeavor, and a multicultural empowering process. Social justice, the next force in psychotherapy, is presented. The author predicts that psychotherapy will embrace its sociopolitical nature by subscribing to social justice action. Within this framework, psychotherapists can work toward the promotion of political, social, economic, and cultural rights of oppressed individuals.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Cultural Diversity , Humanism , Mental Disorders/therapy , Psychoanalytic Therapy/methods , Psychology/methods , Psychotherapy/methods , Research Design , HumansABSTRACT
A Latina psychotherapist relates her journey of becoming a healer. I discuss how my diversity status impacts on my life and on my approach to psychotherapy. My story offers clinical suggestions for therapists working with multicultural clients.
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Cultural Diversity , Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology , Hispanic or Latino/psychology , Prejudice , Professional-Patient Relations , Psychotherapy , Acculturation , Communication , Cultural Competency , Empathy , Female , Humans , Spiritualism , StereotypingABSTRACT
The history and legacy of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (American Psychological Association Division 45) for its first 20 years are reviewed. The legitimization of the ethnic minority scholarship within organized psychology is chronicled, highlighting the central role of advocacy and activism. Multiculturalism is presented as a paradigm for the globalization of the United States. It is concluded that ethnic minority psychology has changed the field and equips us for the challenges of the internationalization of the world.
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Ethnicity/psychology , Minority Groups/psychology , Psychology/history , Societies, Scientific/history , Congresses as Topic/history , Cultural Diversity , Ethnicity/history , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Minority Groups/history , Psychology/education , United StatesABSTRACT
Patient safety is of great concern to healthcare leaders and is a top priority in all healthcare organizations. It is essential to promote an organizational commitment that values a culture of safety through reporting of medical error and analysis of untoward events. Nursing peer review facilitates the establishment of a culture of safety, as it seeks to analyze medical errors and eliminate the reoccurrence of untoward events.
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Medication Errors/nursing , Medication Errors/prevention & control , Models, Nursing , Nursing Care/organization & administration , Peer Review, Health Care/methods , Safety Management/organization & administration , Aged, 80 and over , Analgesia, Epidural/nursing , Causality , Communication , Data Collection/methods , Documentation , Female , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Medication Errors/adverse effects , Medication Errors/methods , Medication Systems, Hospital/organization & administration , Models, Organizational , National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division , New York , Organizational Culture , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Systems Analysis , United StatesABSTRACT
This article argues for the need to culzturally adapt mainstream psychotherapy to Latino populations. It discusses ethnic psychology as a cultural resilient practice. Examples of Latino ethnic psychology include cuento, dichos, and spirituality. The article introduces Latino healing as the integration of ethnic psychology into mainstream psychotherapy. A clinical vignette illustrates the application of Latino healing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
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A Latina psychotherapist relates the influences of culture, ethnicity, gender, and class in her process of becoming a psychotherapist. Struggling with physical impediment, cultural translocation, racism, sexism, and their interaction, she has grounded her identity as a wounded healer. The pervasive role of history and sociopolitics in her life has contributed to her articulation of psychotherapy's role in liberation.
