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In May 2020, an African American man, George Floyd, was killed in public by a po
In May 2020, an African American man, George Floyd, was killed in public by a policeman kneeling on his neck. The events were filmed by a bystander and went viral on the internet, sparking outrage, in the United States and then internationally, not only at the killing, but at the racism that lay behind it.
Protests spread across the world. Former First Lady Michelle Obama, wife of the first black U.S. president, recalled the many more minority men and women who had died:
Racism has been described as a public health problem (APHA, 2018). There are major disparities by race in the prevalence of disease and its many social determinants, and in access to care. For many years, low-income populations and nations had to deal with “know-it-all” experts, who imposed their views on local policies and programs, only to find out later that those expert ideas were inappropriate for local conditions. Luckily, in the last fifty years, there has been a trend toward less cultural arrogance and more humility in global health programs, and more trainings on collaborative, and participatory approaches to public health research and planning.
In this Discussion, you will reflect on cultural arrogance or insensitivity in a health-related setting and the impact that cultural humility or cultural competency training can have on preventing it.
Review the module Learning Resources, specifically:
Glassman, A., & Temin, M. (2016). Millions saved: New cases of proven success in global health. Center for Global Development.
Case 11, “Tackling Disease at Its Roots: Brazil’s Programa Saúde da Família”
Case 14, “Giving Vulnerable Children a Fair Shot: Kenya’s Social Cash Transfer Program”
Case 20, “A Persuasive Plea to Become ‘Open Defecation Free’: Indonesia’s Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing Program”
Clifford, A., McCalman, J., Jongen, C., & Bainbridge, R. (2017). Cultural competency training and education in the university-based professional training of health professionals: characteristics, quality and outcomes of evaluations. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 14(3), 136–147.
Consider your previous experience with a lack of cultural sensitivity or cultural humility. If you do not have personal experience, consult a colleague, friend, or family member who does have an experience to share.
Consider your previous experience with cultural competency training or cultural humility training.
Explain a personal experience where cultural sensitivity or cultural humility was lacking in a health-related setting.
Note: If you have not had any experiences with a lack of cultural sensitivity or cultural humility, explain the experiences of a colleague, friend, or family member. Avoid using personal information or names in your post.
Explain the context and the events that you consider to be a demonstration of a lack of cultural sensitivity or cultural humility.
Explain how cultural humility or cultural competency training could have prevented the occurrence.
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