Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

Veteran Ready Training equips organizations nationwide with cultural understanding and competence to better serve ...

Vernita Mayfield agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege. Vernita Mayfield, a ...

After a successful pilot program with Cigna, the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) has rolled out a self-guided educational program aimed at improving the quality of ...

An integrated pattern of learned beliefs, values and behaviors that can be shared among groups Elements of cultural competency: personal identification, language, thoughts, communications, actions, ...

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a movement within the human services professions that stressed the importance of cultural competency. Psychology and social work were the pioneers; these fields ...

ReCAP: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Clinical Trial of Telephone Versus In-Person Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2 Mutations in Geographically Underserved Areas Surgical providers reported treating ...

The following is an example of the people whom our organization strives to help every day. Ms. Santos got off the bus after working a 14-hour day as a housekeeper, when she noticed an unbearable pain ...

Given the increasing diversity of Canada, cultural competence is considered of paramount importance in practising mental health care effectively. The term cultural competence refers to cultural ...

The development of cultural competence in pharmacy education has become an essential component in preparing future pharmacists for effective patient care in increasingly diverse societies. Educational ...

Social workers don't need to be highly knowledgeable about different cultures, but must be open, respectful and willing to learn Photo: fotolia/Sean K This article comprises of excerpts taken from a ...