Diversity Report On Northwell Health

This is a report I am writing as part of my work experience portfolio showing how individuals care needs are successfully met. This will be done by talking about equality, diversity and anti-discrimination.

In the end, large scale immigration is nothing new for New York City and there has been a tradition of ethnic diversity. Far from being the center of conflict and drama, many West Indian people tend to be ignored- swelled and partly sheltered by the large native population among whom they live. Jamaicans feel as if being Jamaican in New York is very different than being American black. Jamaicans claim to see themselves as superior, more ambitious, harder workers and greater achievers than American

Whilst currently on work placement at the community centre I have been asked to write a report as part as my portfolio. The care centre in which I am currently at provides a variety of services. The centre provides a variety of services and promotes equality, diversity whilst also promoting anti-discriminatory behaviour.

Diversity is the process where all individuals are respected and valued the same. This means within a health and social care setting all individuals care is not obstructed or compromised by their differences whether this race, religion or gender.

Chicago serves as the best example for diversity. If we walk down on Devon Street, the area, which is located between western and California serves many communities. You could see Indian, Russian, Pakistani and Jewish shops, all side by side. When looked in closely shop-by-shop we see different cultural shopkeeper carrying material of that specific culture. When looked in from far distance that place will be known as Devon Street and not as a specific cultural shop name.

Have you ever been to the doctor and don't quite understand what the provider is telling you, or are you a healthcare worker and you don't understand your patients? Should the healthcare provider get diversity training or should they maybe learn new languages? More than ever before, healthcare professionals are subjected to dealing with a number of immense and different cultural diversities. While diversity is often a term used to refer specifically to cultural differences, diversity applies to all the qualities that make people different. Diversity requires more than knowing about individual differences and it key for overcoming cross-cultural barriers in healthcare.

Introduction The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (1997), is a book that details the complicated journey of Lia Lee and her family, who were Hmong refugees living in Merced, California. Lia had a severe form of epilepsy that caused her to have many hospital visits and interactions with the health care system, where she received subpar care because of the language and cultural differences between the health care providers and her Hmong family. This paper will identify one social issue illuminated by Fadiman's (1997) case study and suggest one practice and one policy change at each of the micro, mezzo, and macro system levels. Furthermore, each social issue and corresponding practice and policy change is tied to the central

It is no coincidence that it is called poor health. What I mean is that the people who have it hardest in this country, those with the lowest incomes, have the worst health. It could just as easily be called minority health, rather than poor health, because the majority of the people living in poverty are racial or ethnic minorities. Many racial minorities in the US suffer from poor health, but not because they have worse genetics, rather from worse educational opportunities. This is a problem of all those in poverty, but since a disproportionate amount of those in poverty are minorities; I am focusing my paper on how to alleviate the educational disparities within the minority population. Studies have shown that education is the ticket

New York City has always been diverse and multi-cultured. In 1980, the total population of students, with 713 schools reporting, was 519,965. Of those students, 128,690 were Non-Hispanic Whites, 194,901 were Non-Hispanic Blacks, 174,942 were Hispanic, and 21,432 were Asians. In 1990, more schools were added for a total number of 745, but the population declined to 488,377 students. While more schools were added, only the Asian population increased while the other groups decreased. The Non-Hispanic White population accounted for 94,119, the Non-Hispanic Black

Haynes (2016) article, The Road to Cultural Competency Are We There yet? Stated that the key to decreasing health disparities in the workforce could be done by increasing diversity. Health disparities as indicated by Turk (2014), Issue: Nursing Workforce, can result in a more complicated societal problem. It was further stated, health disparities have received much attention and is currently identified as a priority issue in our nation. According to Haynes (2016), strategies which were recommended by the Sullivan Commission were done to increase the workforces of nursing should begin with education. Cultural competency as stated here should be a vital component of the nursing curriculum. Turk (2014) reported health disparities result in a more multifaceted societal burden. According to Turk (2014), decreasing health disparities has received significant attention. Individuals, including policymakers, academicians, and researchers are concerned about the diversification of the healthcare workforce of which strategies are being implemented by decreasing health disparities and increasing the availability of culturally competent among health care providers.

New York City diversity is often talked about and is one of the strengths that is often acclaimed by the city officials. However the stagnant nature of the diversification over 20 year period does not bode well. Maybe looking at the diversification over a larger period of time will tell a different

New York City, the borough of Queens in particular is the most ethnically diverse urban center on the planet, with nearly 48% of the population of the borough being foreign born. My own neighborhood, Flushing, is home to numerous cultural groups (predominately Asian, Spanish and Greek). I learned to count in Chinese along with English, went to lunar festivals with friends, along with countless bar mitzvah’s and quincenieras, and still attended CCD on Wednesdays. I can tell you the way to properly eat Xiao Long Bao, where to find the best Spanikopita. There are two churches on my block alone, (one is Chinese, the other Korean), and meanwhile Temple Beth Sholom and St. Nicolas Orthodox are three blocks down and the Buddhist Temple in walking distance as well. Yet despite the cultures being so varied, not a soul feels out of place. The strength of the community is ever present, and it truly embodies the “melting pot” spirit that comes to mind when discussing American immigration. As Paine stated, ”The Union of these people [is] so impractical” however each lives in “cordial unison” with the other, and take advantage of the amazing opportunity given, to live and learn and understand those of other

Diversity means difference as everyone is very different no one is the same, for example twins may be identical but be totally different and have different interests and different stages off development.

Healthcare managers are responsible for ensuring that their organization has a plan or strategy that is geared toward eradicating health inequality through cultural competency. Best practices are of utmost importance in assuring cultural proficiency. Buchbinder and Shanks (2012) outlined these practices in their textbook Introduction to Healthcare Management: a diverse workforce, leadership and organizational culture that fosters cultural competence as well as human resource policies which do the same, appropriate training/education for all employees, linguistic services and materials, systems capable of tracking data with regards to health outcomes, and responding to and engaging the community (p. 321). Additionally, a Commonwealth Fund study provided a list of actions that diversity leadership should adhere to in accordance with the National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards. Aside from employing a culturally diverse staff and patient services and regular re-evaluations of goals, healthcare leaders engage and report their progress to diversity goals the community (Dreachslin, 2008). Inasmuch as cultures change and evolve, it is suggested that cultural competence training be an ongoing process and that organizational policy and strategic plans be reassessed periodically for effectiveness (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2012). Time, revenue, and energy spent in interventions that do not bring the desired results is not

Chicago serves as the best example for diversity. If we walk down on Devon Street, the area, which is located between western and California serves many communities. You could see Indian, Russian, Pakistani and Jewish shops, all side by side. When looked in closely shop-by-shop we see different cultural shopkeeper carrying