A Culturally-Competent Approach to Emergency Management: What Lessons Can We Learn From the COVID-19?

Ortal Slobodin; Odeya Cohen

doi:10.1037/tra0000790

A Culturally-Competent Approach to Emergency Management: What Lessons Can We Learn From the COVID-19?

Ortal Slobodin, Odeya Cohen

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, like other disasters, is exposing and exacerbating social, economic, and health care inequalities. Although the ethical and clinical imperative of providing culturally-competent health care has long been recognized, the influence of culturally-competent interventions within emergency management has not been systematically examined. This paper discusses several culturally-competent strategies that were taken by the Israeli national and local authorities in high-risk areas and communities during the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition to controlling the pandemic outbreak, such an approach has the potential to reduce social disparities in health care, promote community resilience, and facilitate social cohesion.

Original language	American English
Journal	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000790
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

COVID-19
Cultural-competence
Emergency
Minority
Socio-cultural context

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Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology

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