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Coming Full Circle: Understanding American Indian Health Disparities

Using visuals from Native American culture this lessons takes students on a journey to help them better understand the health disparities within this specific population. Viewers will interact with graphics and activities.

Learners will be able to:

Explain the concept of the healing circle.
Discuss the role of assumptions in the healthcare encounter. ...

Keywords:: patients, Cherokee, behaviors, omissions, Nationality, Religion, native American, beliefs, health, nurses, Meskwak, Ethnicity, cultural, Ojibwe, Sexual orientation, American Indian, errors, cultural competence, diverse, Gender, minority, healthcare, competence, medications, systems, responsible, Alaska Native, causes, meds, safety, responsibility, Race, commissions, Education, Language, Socioeconomic status, healing circle, Historical trauma, health care

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Health Sciences / Nursing

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: January 15, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 16, 2023
Author:: Margaret C. Noreuil, Dean & Associate Professor Edgewood College School of Nursing, Madison, WI
Submitter:: Eileen Horn
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website, Flash

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States