Using Film as a Tool to Promote and Enhance ACP in a Faith-Based African American Community (TH309)

Disparities exist between African American and White patients when it comes to medical care at the end of life. African Americans die more often attached to invasive technology, in medical facilities rather than at home, and with untreated pain. Culturally sensitive tools for Advance Care Planning support patient-centered care and can improve health outcomes. Few such tools are tailored for use in the African American community. This must change. The Alameda County Care Alliance (ACCA) is an organization embedded within 14 churches in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in California that teaches local pastors, clergy, and patient-care navigators to help empower congregants in making end-of-life healthcare decisions.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research