Creating Mechanisms to Develop Culturally Competent and Culturally Humble Health Literacy Materials
Track: Language, Culture & Diversity
Earn .5 CE Credits (Expires May 2024)
Learning Objectives
1. Recognize the concept of cultural competemility developed by Campinha-Bacote and its applications in health literacy.
2. Identify relevant cultural considerations for the development of health literacy materials for Latinx communities.
3. Apply on how to apply the concepts of cultural competemility, equity, and social justice in the development of health literacy materials.
Presenter(s)
Helda L. Pinzon-Perez, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH, Professor - California State University, Fresno
Session summary: This presentation will discuss the lessons learned on health equity and cultural humility from a health literacy tool written in Spanish regarding developing resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will be introduced to the concept of cultural competemility discussed by Campinha-Bacote as a “synergistic process between cultural humility and cultural competence” that can be used in professional interactions with various ethnocultural groups. Participants will hear about the analysis of important health literacy considerations when addressing Latinx communities, such as language, readability analysis, and cultural constructs.
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