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Cultural Competency
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Definition of 'Cultural Competency'Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities. |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Perspectives on transcultural care.
29 Nov 2009 
Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...
New practice model for Latinos in need of social work services.
29 Sep 2009 The practice model described in this article represents a new synthesis of some of the best and most pragmatic models and concepts in the cultural competence literature. The article begins by infusing the ecosystems perspective with Latino-relevant ... Read more...
15 Sep 2009 I describe 4 protective strategies that African Americans employ that may challenge current HIV prevention efforts: (1) an adaptive duality that protects identity, (2) personal control influenced by external factors, (3) long-established indirect ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Cultural Competency'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
- New practice model for Latinos in need of social work services. 29 Sep 2009
- Navigating cultural competency: in preparation for an expected standard in 2010.
29 Sep 2009 - Enhancing cultural and contextual intervention strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS among African Americans. 15 Sep 2009
- Sociocultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS among Middle Eastern immigrants in the US: bridging culture with HIV/AIDS programmes. 30 Aug 2009
- Family-centered, culturally, and linguistically competent care: essential components of the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
- Global health training for residents. 30 Aug 2009
- Ethnocultural empathy among students in health care education. 18 Aug 2009
- Use of the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory to measure cultural competence in a dental hygiene program. 12 Aug 2009
- Approach to treatment of mental illness and substance dependence in remote Indigenous communities: results of a mixed methods study. 30 Jul 2009
- Cultural competence: a literature review and conceptual model for mental health services. 30 Jul 2009
- Dementia, ethnicity, and culture. 30 Jul 2009
- The effects of cultural competence, social class, and ethnicity on the doctor-patient relationship. 30 Jul 2009
- Transforming administrative and clinical practice in a public behavioral health system: an ethnographic assessment of the context of change. 30 Jul 2009
- Building communities through performance: emerging approaches to interculturality. 30 Jul 2009
- The Sandwich fellowship: a subspecialty training model for the developing world. 30 Jul 2009
- The new science of cultural epidemiology to tackle ethnic health inequalities. 7 Jul 2009
- The complex interrelationship between ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in health. 7 Jul 2009
- Medicine and public health in a multiethnic world. 5 Jul 2009
- Indigenous health part 2: the underlying causes of the health gap. 2 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Cultural Competency'
Definition: Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities.
Descriptor UI: D054521
Alternative terms: Cultural Competency; Competency, Cultural; Cultural Competencies; Cultural Competence; Competence, Cultural;
Related Mesh Headings: Transcultural Nursing;
Allowable Qualifiers: education; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; psychology;
Tree Number: I01.880.143.364;
History Note: 2008
Technical Notes: consider also TRANSCULTURAL NURSING