Healthcare providers are faced with a profound challenge torespond to the needs of culturally diverse patients.

The long-term and multidimensional nature of chronic illnessbrings patients, their families, and health providers together incomplex relationships over extended periods.

Communication can be filled with difficulties, often resultingfrom language barriers when interpreted in the transculturalcontext.

Choose one of the health disparities: racial or ethnicgroup; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health;cognitive, sensory, or physical disability; sexual orientationor gender identity; discuss how you could encourage improvedself-management in your patient.

How can you influence the health care system to remove barriersthat lead to these health disparities?