CULTURALLY COMPETENT PHYSIOTHERAPY: INTEGRATING INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION OUTCOMES IN DIVERSE U.S. POPULATIONS

Neurological rehabilitation grapples with the challenge of ensuring fair and highstandard healthcare for all in the United States.This paper seeks to analyze the possibility of enhancing rehabilitation health-related outcomes in minority communities by integrating independent international approaches.After analyzing Sweden's "Rehab 24/7", Australia's indigenous co-designed, and Japan's "Kaizen" approaches respectively to the program accessibility, adherence, and patient-centered functional outcomes implementation.Considering the multiple strategies used by healthcare professionals, case studies have shown the potential of culturally tailored interventions, such as rehab programs that include the family for Hispanic stroke patients and community-based therapy for different Ronke V. Olatunde https://iaeme.com/Home/