RESUMO
Cultural competency is an area in which physicians of all races must work to insure they are giving their patients the best possible care. Perhaps nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the struggle to provide culturally appropriate care to black patients who are infected with HIV. The BESAFE model for cultural competency suggested by the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center will assist healthcare providers in fostering a relationship of mutuality and health promotion.
Assuntos
Negro ou Afro-Americano , Cultura , Infecções por HIV/terapia , Infecções por HIV/etnologia , Promoção da Saúde , Humanos , Modelos Teóricos , Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de SaúdeRESUMO
U.S. AIDS rates have declined among same population groups; however, African-Americans and other ethnic minorities have experienced the least amount of decline. As a result medical and public health authorities are tasked with developing strategies to help eliminate the disparity in HIV/AIDS incidence rate and clinical outcomes. Thus, in 1999, the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC) was developed to facilitate training, clinical consultation and technical assistance to clinicians that provide care to HIV-infected minority patients. Its initial activities were designed solely to increase providers' clinical capacity to use state-of-art anti-retroviral therapies to treat and manage the disease. However, through focused discussions with target providers and a survey of medical care service sites, the NMAETC confirms that provider' training and assistance needs extend into non-medical domains.