Handbook for Culturally Competent Care

Dr. Eric A. Fenkl, Associate Professor of Nursing, received his PhD in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.  Dr. Fenkl's research interests include the cultural aspects of HIV/HPV prevention and related disease among LGBT populations with a particular emphasis on MSM and ethnically diverse populations. Dr. Fenkl has been the Co-PI on two large grants from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA. One to develop a program focusing on HIV/STD and substance abuse prevention for minority LGBT students on campus and a second one to implement a program for outreach in the greater Miami metropolitan area specifically for at-risk minority MSM. Dr. Fenkl has presented at numerous national and international conferences and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals globally. His teaching is focused on the facilitation of cultural competence in advanced practice nursing. Dr. Fenkl's previous book publications include co-author of the first edition of the Handbook for Culturally Competent Care, and, co-editor of the Textbook for Transcultural HealthCare: a Population Approach.

Dr. Larry D. Purnell is Emeritus Professor from the University of Delaware where he coordinated the graduate programs in nursing and healthcare administration and taught culture. His Model, the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, has been translated into Arabic, Czech, Flemish, Korean, French, German, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. 
Dr. Purnell has over 100 refereed journal publications, 100 book chapters, and 14 textbooks, including updated editions. He has made presentations throughout the United States as well as in Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Denmark, Italy, Korea, Panama, Russia, Scotland, Spain, and Turkey. He is the U.S. Representative to the European Union's Commission on Intercultural Communication resulting from the Salamanca, Sorbonne, Bologna, and WHO Declarations.  He has been on the International Editorial Board, for six journals. Dr. Purnell is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a Transcultural Nursing Scholar, Luther Christman Fellow, and is on the Rosa Parks Wall of Fame for Teaching Tolerance. His most recent Accomplishment is receiving a doctor of Humane Letters from Excelsior College in Albany, New York where he is also Emeritus Professor.

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Transcultural Diversity and Health Care.- chapter 2. The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence.- Chapter 3. Barriers to Culturally Competent Health Care.- Chapter 4. People of African American Heritage.- Chapter 5. People of American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage.- Chapter 6. The Amish.- Chapter 7. People of Appalachian Heritage.- Chapter 8. People of Arab Heritage.- Chapter 9. People of Brazilian Heritage.- Chapter 10. People of Chinese Heritage.- Chapter 11. People of Cuban Heritage.- Chapter 12. People of European American Heritage.- Chapter 13. People of Filipino Heritage.- Chapter 14. People of German Heritage.- Chapter 15. People of Greek Heritage.- Chapter 16. People of Guatemalan Heritage.- Chapter 17. People of Haitian Heritage.- Chapter 18. People of Hindu and Sikh Heritage.- Chapter 19. People of Hmong Heritage.- Chapter 20. People of Iranian Heritage.- Chapter 21. People of Irish Heritage.- Chapter 22. People of Italian Heritage.- Chapter 23. People of Jamaican Heritage.- Chapter 24. People of Japanese Heritage.- Chapter 25. People of Jewish Heritage.- Chapter 26. People of Korean Heritage.- Chapter 27. People of Mexican Heritage.- Chapter 28. People of Polish Heritage.- Chapter 29. People of Puerto Rican Heritage.- Chapter 30. People of Russian Heritage.- Chapter 31. People of Somali Heritage.- Chapter 32. People of Thai Heritage.- Chapter 33. People of Turkish Heritage.- Chapter 34. People of Ukrainian Heritage.- Chapter 35. People of Vietnamese Heritage.