In the early 2000s, while I was working as a curriculum designer, cultural competency specialist, trainer, and coach to support HIV/AIDS peer educators (most of whom were themselves living with ...

Culturally competent care is healthcare that considers a person’s cultural and faith-based beliefs. It can help ensure that the care being given is compassionate and effective. Culture refers to the ...

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 ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

A presentation during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting addressed end-of-life care and how it is influenced by patient spirituality. One education session titled “Knowing ...

I once received a sign-out on a patient from the emergency department for a well-appearing young child who was admitted for a urinary tract infection. Normally, a simple urinary tract infection does ...

This approach to communication is explained, along with strategies for practicing the approach when treating patients from these communities. Every ethnic and racial group in the country is affected ...

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is offering a virtual session on Principles of Cultural Humility from 2 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9. Cultural humility (a concept outlined by Tervalon and Murray ...

Building upon the foundational idea that symbols shape our understanding of risk and reward, it is essential to explore how cultural contexts uniquely influence the interpretation of these symbols.