To redirect culturally based behaviors, attitudes and values toward the improvement of an individual's health:

1. Development of a diagnosis includes discovering and understanding beliefs, motives, attitudes, values, life management skills, and environmental factors.
2. A treatment plan that overcomes the cultural barriers can then be developed in conjunction with the patient, family, and sometimes other community members.
3. Effective communication is maximized when the patient and the health care provider share beliefs about the sickness.
4. Improved health outcomes have a higher likelihood of being realized when the health care provider and the patient acknowledge and respect each other's beliefs about illnesses.
5. Providers should have lists of community resources and services as well as interpreter and translator information. These lists should be continually updated.
6. Have their pharmacies print prescription labels in six languages.
7. Have flash cards written in several languages that tell patients they are waiting for an interpreter.
8. Translate patient education materials into various languages (Majewski, 6A).

As Minnesota's population continues to grow in cultural diversity, the health care system has been able to incorporate these methods and other ways to create a positive environment for persons of all cultures. Continual evaluation of the current system will need to be done to look toward other solutions to provide the best care for all residents of the state and create a template for other states to copy.