 Cultural Competency
"Cultural Competency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
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D054521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.100.364
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cultural Competency" by people in Profiles.
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Armas A, Meyer SB, Corbett KK, Pearce AR. Face-to-face communication between patients and family physicians in Canada: A scoping review. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 05; 101(5):789-803.
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Cook C, Brunton M. The importance of moral emotions for effective collaboration in culturally diverse healthcare teams. Nurs Inq. 2018 04; 25(2):e12214.
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Meyer MA, Peek L, Unnithan NP, Coskun R, Tobin-Curley J, Hoffer KH. PLANNING FOR DIVERSITY: EVALUATION OF A VOLUNTEER DISASTER RESPONSE PROGRAM. J Cult Divers. 2016 Fall; 23(3):106-113.
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Walters KL, Simoni JM, Evans-Campbell TT, Udell W, Johnson-Jennings M, Pearson CR, MacDonald MM, Duran B. Mentoring the Mentors of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minorities Who are Conducting HIV Research: Beyond Cultural Competency. AIDS Behav. 2016 09; 20 Suppl 2:288-93.
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Sauaia A, Tuitt NR, Kaufman CE, Hunt C, Ledezma-Amorosi M, Byers T. Project TEACH: A Capacity-Building Training Program for Community-Based Organizations and Public Health Agencies. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 May-Jun; 22(3):298-300.
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McLeigh JD, Katz C, Davidson-Arad B, Ben-Arieh A. The Cultural Adaptation of a Community-Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Initiative. Fam Process. 2017 06; 56(2):393-407.
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Betz ME, Wintemute GJ. Physician Counseling on Firearm Safety: A New Kind of Cultural Competence. JAMA. 2015 Aug 04; 314(5):449-50.
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Podlogar MC, Novins DK. Quality of care in American Indian child and adolescent behavioral health: A pilot study of patient and family perspectives. Psychol Serv. 2015 May; 12(2):112-122.
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Kendrick J, Nuccio E, Leiferman JA, Sauaia A. Primary Care Providers Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hypertension Control. Am J Hypertens. 2015 Sep; 28(9):1091-7.
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Noe TD, Kaufman CE, Kaufmann LJ, Brooks E, Shore JH. Providing culturally competent services for American Indian and Alaska Native veterans to reduce health care disparities. Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep; 104 Suppl 4:S548-54.
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