Journal Question:6_DNP875

Journal Question:

Provide a cohesive and objective argument on the correlation between cultural competency training and improving health equity. Particularly, what are the benefits and/or disadvantages of providing cultural competency training for healthcare staff? Furthermore, discuss if workplace policies should align with and address health equity concepts. Why or why not?

 

Journal Response Expectations

Each short-answer Journal response will be a minimum of 300 words; no citation, reference, or APA style is necessary.

Learning Materials

Nash, D. B., Skoufalos, A., Fabius, R. J., & Oglesby, W. H. (2021). Population health: Creating A culture of wellness (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett. ISBN: 9781284166606. Review chapter 3 & read chapter 7. (20 pages)

University of Kansas. (n.d.) Community toolbox. https://ctb.ku.edu/en 

 

Iowa Legislature. (2022). Rule Writer Handbook: Part B Rule Writing Guide.

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/ACOD/1231030.pdf 

  https://lsa.inc/7-steps-to-equitable-insurance-access-for-non-native-english-speakers/

Joint Commission (2014). A crosswalk of the National Standards for

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care to the Joint Commission Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation Standards. https://lsa.inc/7-steps-to-equitable-insurance-access-for-non-native-english-speakers/

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2022). Healthy People

2030. www.health.gov/healthypeople 

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). National Standards

for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/assets/pdfs/EnhancedNationalCLASStandards.pdf 

Graduate Journal Rubric v1.

Criteria

Does Not Meet

Expectations

Approaches

Expectations

Meets

Expectations

Exceeds

Expectations

Criterion Score

Claim/Quali

ty of

Information

Weight:

40

%

/ 8

Developme

nt/Connecti

on Weight:

%

40

/ 8

0

points

(0

pts

)

Response to

quiz question is

missing or inac

-

curate. Answer

is inaccurate

and does not

address the

prompt.

points

2.5

pts

(5.6

)

Response to

quiz question is

missing key el

-

ements.

Answer is par

-

tially inaccu

-

rate and misses

elements in the

prompt. Claims

are lacking in

-

formation to

be fully

thought out.

points

6.4

(6.4

)

pts

Response to

quiz question is

appropriate

and accurate.

Answer is ap

-

propriate and

responses to

the prompt.

Claims are

appropriate.

8

points

(8

pts

)

Response to

quiz question is

thorough and

detailed.

Answer is clear

and concise

and responses

to all aspects

of the prompt.

Claims are jus

-

tified and

plausible.

0

points

pts

)

(0

Connections

are either miss

-

ing or inaccu

-

rate in the

discussion.

5.6

points

(5.6

pts

)

Connections

are included by

missing key in

-

formation in

the discussion.

points

6.4

)

pts

(6.4

Connections

are appropri

-

ately and accu

-

rately

discussed.

8

points

)

pts

(8

Connections

are insightful,

reflective, and

completely

discussed.

Total

/ 20

Criteria

Does Not Meet

Expectations

Approaches

Expectations

Meets

Expectations

Exceeds

Expectations

Criterion Score

Writing &

Mechanics

Weight:

%

20

/ 4

0

points

)

pts

(0

Style is inap

-

propriate or

does not ad

-

dress given

purpose.

Inconsistent

grammar, spell

-

ing, and

punctuation.

2.8

points

pts

)

(2.8

Style is some

-

what appropri

-

ate to purpose.

Repetitive me

-

chanical errors

distract the

reader.

Inconsistencies

in language,

sentence struc

-

ture, and/or

word choice

are present.

points

3.2

(3.2

pts

)

Style is appro

-

priate to the

given purpose.

Word choice is

specific and

purposeful, and

somewhat var

-

ied throughout.

Minimal me

-

chanical, typo

-

graphical, are

present, but

are not overly

distracting.

points

4

pts

(4

)

Style shows

originality and

creativity.

Word choice is

dynamic and

varied. Free of

mechanical, ty

-

pographical,

errors.

Overall Score

Level 1

0

points minimum

Level 2

14

points minimum

Level 3

16

points minimum

Level 4

20

points minimum

2/2