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  • Essay / The importance of health disparity in health care

    • Illustrate cultural bias, generalization, and cultural stereotypes. Show some photos to the medical staff and ask the class to discuss biases, stereotypes, and generalizations: o Photo of a Kenyan man and woman winning the Chicago Marathon: "Some Kenyans are good at running marathons " vs "All Kenyans are good runners."• Share the danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.• Share the story of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the collision of two cultures.• Learn about the language barrier in this matter. and being able to see the situation from the perspective of Lia Lee's parents and the medical staff at Merced Community Medical Center. • Define the language barrier and give an example of a language barrier. • Ways to improve communication and reduce the language barrier. Example, using qualified medical interpreters.• Show the 3-minute video of the story of Arturo Gonzalez's drug overdose and how using a qualified medical interpreter could have prevented the overdose.• Ask each person what what she learned about herself and how it will help her communicate. with patients and improve the quality of care.