Angela D-B Reed
Turning point, INC., USA
Title: TPI goes beyond providing culturally competent to culturally specific
Biography
Biography: Angela D-B Reed
Abstract
Presentation of the research fi ndings of a 2015 report linking culturally specifi c programing and practices to research and
theory, created by University of Minnesota’s Program in Health Disparities Research researchers and made possible through
funding by the offi ce for Business and Community Economic Development, Community Health Initiative (CHI).
Th is report is a product of the research partnership between Turning Point, Inc., the University of Minnesota Program
in Health Disparities Research, and the Offi ce for Business and Community Economic Development. Funding was provided
by Medical and the Community Health Initiative. Th e report serves to link existing culturally specifi c practices to published
literature, widely studied theories and models, and specifi c cultural values.
Founded in 1976, Turning Point is a multi-service non-profi t organization whose programs have earned local and national
recognition for being among the fi rst to advance a culturally-specifi c treatment model. Turning Point’s recovery-oriented
system of care provides culturally specifi c and individually tailored approach to service delivery.
Today’s social environment, and the challenges African Americans face, warrant use and revitalization of cultural strengths.
Problems such as drug and alcohol addiction, HIV/AIDS, health disparities, high rates of incarceration, unemployment, and
poverty are severe and complex. In order to provide eff ective services, providers must understand the importance and delivery
of culturally specifi c services and care.