Multicultural Health

Intersectionality and Structural Competency in the United States

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Multicultural Health

Intersectionality and Structural Competency in the United States

Editors

Miranda Sue Terry, PhD

Mohamed Kanu, PhD, MPH, MA

Elizabeth A. Williams, PhD, MDiv

Elizabeth Ann Williams, PhD, MDiv

Description

An Essential Text for Understanding Health Equity Challenges in Health Services Delivery!

This comprehensive resource explores how social, cultural, and structural forces shape health disparities in the US. Grounded in key frameworks, including the social ecological model, cultural and structural competency, and intersectionality, it examines how identity, lived experience, and systemic inequities influence health outcomes. With a strong focus on underserved or marginalized communities, it prepares students and professionals to understand diverse patient populations and deliver culturally responsive, equity-driven care across public health and healthcare settings. Know, use and test your understanding of course content with CourseConnect—an interactive learning platform included with your print purchase.

Key Features:

Comprehensive guide to understanding the positive impact that cultural competency, cultural humility and lived experience contribute to providing quality health and healthcare services
Understand real-world challenges and systemic barriers to achieving optimal health to address disparities faced by diverse populations in the US
Engage with compelling case examples and thought-provoking discussion questions
Gain unique insights from leading experts, practitioners, and community voices
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Contents

PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL HEALTH

Chapter 1. Foundations of Multicultural Public Health: The Social Ecological Model, Structural Competency, and Intersectionality by Miranda Sue Terry and Mohamed Kanu

Chapter 2. Cultural Considerations in Health and Healthcare by Elizabeth A. Williams and Charles Williams

Chapter 3. Intersectionality and Public Health Equity by Tokesha Warner, Gina Obiakor, and Miranda Sue Terry

Chapter 4. Measuring Health Disparities Through Epidemiological Data by Jemal Gishe

PART II. APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCING MULTICULTURAL HEALTH

Chapter 5. Health Services and Issues Across Religions: Spiritual Considerations in Health and Healthcare by Christopher Church and Alexis Gatson Heaston

Chapter 6. Health Services and Issues for LGBTQIA2S+ Populations by Matthew Allen

Chapter 7. Mental Health in the United States: Structural Competency, Cultural Context, and the Social Ecological Model by Miranda Sue Terry, Esther Lynch, and Charles Brown

Chapter 8. The US Prison System and Healthcare by Katy Hancock

Chapter 9. Disability and Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Health Access and Structural Challenges Through a Social Ecological Lens by Miranda Sue Terry

Chapter 10. Women's Health and Health Disparities in a Multicultural Context by Tokesha Warner, Gina Obiakor, Yalanda Barner, D'Yuanna Allen Robb, and Miranda Sue Terry

Chapter 11. Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Health Services and Issues by Mohamed Kanu

Chapter 12. Youth and Older Adult Culture in Healthcare by Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, Shannon Mathews, and Elizabeth Brown

Chapter 13. Geographic Disparities in Rural and Urban Health by Miranda Sue Terry, Sanjoy Saha, and Khem Plata

Chapter 14. Putting it All Together: Integrating Public Health Concepts and Frameworks by Ronald Barredo, Mohamed Kanu, and Miranda Sue Terry

Authors

Miranda Sue Terry, PhD, Director, Public Health Programs; Associate Professor, Public Health, Health Administration & Information, and Health Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

Mohamed Kanu, PhD, MPH, MA, Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences; Professor, Public Health, Health Administration & Information, and Health Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

Elizabeth Ann Williams, PhD, MDiv is Dean of the Allied Health Division and Professor of Public Health at Baptist Health Sciences University. Dr. Williams received her PhD and MA degrees in Applied Anthropology with an emphasis in Medical Anthropology from the University of Kentucky (UK). She received her BA degree, also in Anthropology, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Williams holds graduate reading certificates in Behavioral Science and Women’s Studies from UK and has a M.Div. degree in Theology/Ministry from Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Dr. Williams is a licensed pastor and Provisional Elder in the United Methodist Church. After receiving her doctorate, Dr. Williams served on the faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Georgia State University (GSU), as a senior public health official and inaugural Director of Disparity Elimination for the Tennessee Department of Health, as a senior-level healthcare administrator with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and as Interim Dean of the College of Public Service and Professor of Public Health at Tennessee State University. Noted for her work in eliminating cancer health disparities, health equity, and community-engaged research, Dr. Williams authored the book, Black Women and Breast Cancer: A Cultural Theology (2019), co-authored and co-edited the book, Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Health Sector: Ebola Effected Countries in West Africa (2021) and has published more than a dozen scholarly papers. She has served as an investigator on more than $2.5M in funded research and applied projects and has presented her research to national and international audiences.

Instructors

Suggested Courses:

Health Equity
Multicultural Health
Health Services and Cultural Competency

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