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Cultural Competency |
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Cultural competence is a term used for the ability of people of one culture to understand and feel comfortable with the cultures of other people. The term is fairly recent but is becoming widely used in the field of education in the United States to discuss acceptance of persons from a wide array of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Cultural competency is a measurable construct against which individuals and organizations can be assessed. Training (through a non defect approach) of persons or ...
Wikipedia - [full article]
Resources
- Assuring Cultural Competence in Health Care: Recommendations for National Standards and an Outcomes-Focused Research Agenda (Office of Minority Health, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Closing the Gap: Moving Toward Consensus on Cultural Competency in Health Care (Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Cultural Competence Standards In Managed Care Mental Health (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- Cultural Competency (National Women's Health Information Center)
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