Essentials of Health, Culture, and Diversity (CHES)

CHES Competencies for 20 Hour Course - 13 Hours

1.3.2 Determine Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, skills and behaviors that impact the health and health literacy of the priority populations.

1.3.3 Identify the social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors that impact the health and health literacy of the priority populations

8.1.4 Promote Health Equity

8.1.6 Apply principles of cultural humility, inclusion, and diversity in all aspects of practice (e.g culturally, and linguistically appropriate service (CLAS) standards and culturally responsive pedagogy).

MCHES Competencies for 20  Hour Course - 7  MCHES Hours

1.4.1 Compare findings to norms, existing data and other information

1.2.9 Develop a data analysis plan

RDN Level 1 & 2 CPE

RDN CPE Type: 741 Self-Study Enduring

Upon successful completion, the users will be able to:

1. Discuss four components shared by the definitions of culture.
2. Identify the five dimensions of well-being.
3. Describe four ethnomedical systems in traditional cultures and how they explain illness and what they do to heal it.
4. Explain yin and yang and identify the culture that uses it.
5. Define structural violence and give two examples.
6. Define historical trauma and give two examples.
7. Define epistemology and give two examples.
8. Contrast and give two examples of qualitative versus quantitative data.