Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine is a must-have resource for any health care professional who works with athletes and patients of diverse cultural backgrounds. This unique text stresses the importance of recognizing different cultural attitudes, beliefs, and expectations so that athletic trainers and other health care professionals can modify their professional behavior accordingly to reflect their sensitivity to their patients’ needs, ultimately resulting in a comfortable and positive health care experience for patients.
Part I. Exploring Cultural Competence
Chapter 1. Defining Cultural Competence
Chapter 2. Cultural Beliefs and Practices
Chapter 3. Demographics and Health Disparities
Part II. Cultural Awareness
Chapter 4. Understanding Difference
Chapter 5. Understanding Self
Part III. Cultural Knowledge
Chapter 6. Native American
Chapter 7. Asian American and Pacific Islander American
Chapter 8. Black
Chapter 9. Latino
Chapter 10. White European
Chapter 11. Middle Eastern
Part IV. Cultural Skill and Cultural Encounters
Chapter 12. Eliciting Information
Chapter 13. Culturally Based Physical Assessment
Chapter 14. Working in a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization
Lorin A. Cartwright, MS, ATC, is assistant principal and athletic director at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a teacher and the school's head athletic trainer for more than 15 years, she has extensive experience with all aspects of instruction of student athletic trainers. She was an adjunct professor in athletic training at the University of Michigan for three years. Cartwright earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Grand Valley State College and a master's degree in education from the University of Michigan.
René Revis Shingles, PhD, ATC, is director and associate professor in the department of physical education and sport at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant. She received her doctorate from Michigan State University. Her doctoral studies in sport sociology and program design and evaluation provide the theoretical framework for her continued research in cultural competence. Revis Shingles has presented extensively on cultural competence and diversity and has over 20 years of experience in teaching at the collegiate level.