Cultural Competence

These proposed standards are presented as guidelines for accreditation and credentialing agencies, to assess and compare providers who say they provide culturally competent services, and to assure quality for diverse populations. The standards are intended to be inclusive of all cultures and not limited to any particular population group or sets of groups; however, they are MORE

The national standards issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) respond to the need to ensure that all people entering the health care system receive equitable and effective treatment in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. Available From: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence MORE

This article discusses a patient-based cross-cultural curriculum for residents and medical students that teaches a framework for analysis of the individual patient’s social context and cultural health beliefs and behaviors. The authors discuss a curriculum which consists of five thematic units: basic concepts, core cultural issues, understanding the meaning of the illness, determining the patient’s social MORE

It is critically important that substance abuse services acknowledge the patient’s cultural strengths, values, and experiences while encouraging behavioral and attitudinal change. The provision of culturally competent service systems starts with an organizational, mission-oriented approach and is aided by documents such as this one. The intent of this monograph is to provide a tool to help MORE

This is the first in a series of five policy briefs that addresses efforts to effect systems change, assure long-term impact of cultural competence and improve health care access and disparities among racially, ethnically, culturally and linguistically competent primary care. The brief begins by justifying the need for cultural competence in health care from the patient-provider MORE

In this paper, which was presented at the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics 39th annual conference, the authors introduce the concept of cultural competence evaluation as discussed in the mental health field, and consider the relevancy of mental health cultural competence evaluation to welfare systems evaluation. The paper describes resources available from the Evaluation MORE

To bridge the widening gap between clients of varied cultural backgrounds and the biomedical system in which nurses practice, nurses should foster the inclusion of health promoters in selected health care settings. Health promoters, who are persons of the same racial or ethnic background as the clients they serve, can help form a link between their MORE

This article summarizes findings from applications of the Agency Cultural Competence Checklist in three human service agencies. This checklist was developed on the basis of published literature and culture-specific agencies were chosen to document checklist findings in settings known to be culturally competent. As anticipated, all three agencies were culturally competent in attitudes, although the range MORE

The author summarizes current literature on cross-cultural mental health and provides helpful clinical suggestions for practitioners with a multicultural clientele. Among the topics explored are: cultural variables which may affect assessment and treatment across groups; epidemiological mental health data across groups; application of data from culture-specific, biased measures; and factors to consider during delivery of treatment. MORE

This study examined differences in program participation and outcome between black and white veterans with addictive disorders who participated in an intensive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) residential work therapy program. Data on 962 veterans treated in the VA Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence Program were gathered. Multivariate analyses were used to compare black and white veterans MORE