Health Care Setting

Culture Clues™ are tip sheets for clinicians, designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by University of Washington Medical Center. Culture Clues™ serve as a guide to improve clinicians’ understanding of their patients’ and families’ perspectives of their health care experience. Culture Clues™ cover:

• Perception of Illness
• Patterns of Kinship and Decision Making
• Norms about Touch

Titles include: African American Culture, Albanian Culture, American Indian and Alaska Native Culture, Chinese Culture, Deaf Culture, Hard of Hearing Culture, Korean Culture, Latino Culture, Russian Culture, Somali Culture and Vietnamese Culture. Also available are three End-of-Life Culture Clues, for Latino, Russian and Vietnamese cultures.

Every person is unique; always consider the individual’s beliefs, needs, and concerns. Use Culture Clues™ and information from the patient and family to guide your communication and your patient care.

The Asthma Guide teaches parents and patients what to do in every asthma situation, how to get the best effect from their asthma medicines, how to track asthma with a diary and when to call for help. It includes special tips on managing asthma at school and while traveling, real-life asthma stories and detailed information on the use of inhalers, peak flow monitoring and home treatment plans. Also contains a resource section, medical bibliography, glossary and index