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- Comprehensively updates readers on the cultural competence literature
- Supports well-informed decision making to improve cultural competence
- Widely relevant to various minority populations in different countries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Dr Crystal Jongen is a qualified Social Worker with a background in Psychology who has worked in direct practice with diverse client groups, including Indigenous Australians, and asylum seekers and refugees. She has been undertaking research in thefield of Indigenous health, wellbeing and empowerment for the past three years, collaborating on various research projects to increase knowledge and evidence base to address in key areas of Indigenous health and wellbeing. Crystal´s practice, whether in direct client and community work or research work, is informed by critical perspectives with a focus on social justice and community empowerment. Of Dutch and Australian parents, Crystal lives in Australia but maintains close ties to The Netherlands.
Dr Roxanne Bainbridge is Associate Professor of Indigenous health research at Central Queensland University. Roxanne’s interest is in improving the integrity and quality of research evidence as a contribution to the health and prosperity of Indigenous Australians. She has published 35 academic papers including 7 systematic reviews. She served as Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health and is a member of Lowitja Institute’s national committee on Community Capability and the Social Determinants of Health. She holds a 4 year Fellowship from Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council and previously held 2 awards from the Australian Research Council. Roxanne is a Gungarri woman from Queensland, Australia.Dr Anton Clifford is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health, University of Queensland (UQ) where he teaches in Indigenous health. He has high level experience in undertaking research in Aboriginal healthcare and community settings. He is former Manager of Research & Evaluation at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, a regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. He has published more than 20 papers including: systematic reviews of cultural competence and Indigenous health; dissemination; intervention; and measurement research. Anton recently completed a 3 year early career research fellowship with the Australian Research Council. Of British and Basotho parents and raised in an Aboriginal family, he now lives in Queensland, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cultural Competence in Health
Book Subtitle: A Review of the Evidence
Authors: Crystal Jongen, Janya McCalman, Roxanne Bainbridge, Anton Clifford
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5293-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5292-7Published: 23 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5293-4Published: 13 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 139
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour