 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 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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Tannous AM, Fuchs JR, Kaul P. An Innovative Approach to Cultural Competency and Spirituality Education for Medical Students. South Med J. 2025 Jun; 118(6):313-318.
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McClellan B, Tamkin VL, Ehmer AC, Frankel K. The Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and Families: Integrating Cultural Self-Awareness into Clinical Practice. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2025 Apr; 34(2):157-167.
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Drumright B, Sacro Y, Nussbaum A. Enriching Spiritual Care in Medical Residents Through Cultural Humility and Courage. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11423.
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Buckley PR, Murry VM, Gust CJ, Ladika A, Pampel FC. Racial and Ethnic Representation in Preventive Intervention Research: a Methodological Study. Prev Sci. 2023 Oct; 24(7):1261-1274.
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Fuchs JR, Tannous AM, Guiton G, Kaul P. An innovative approach to teaching cross-cultural communication among dental students. Br Dent J. 2022 11; 233(10):879-884.
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Reno JE, Dempsey AF. Promoting HPV vaccination among Latinx: an application of the extended parallel processing model. J Behav Med. 2023 04; 46(1-2):324-334.
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Goodman XY, Nugent RL. Teaching Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Dental Medicine. Med Ref Serv Q. 2020 Oct-Dec; 39(4):309-322.
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Mulhern BJ, Bansback N, Norman R, Brazier J. Valuing the SF-6Dv2 Classification System in the United Kingdom Using a Discrete-choice Experiment With Duration. Med Care. 2020 06; 58(6):566-573.
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Brazier JE, Mulhern BJ, Bjorner JB, Gandek B, Rowen D, Alonso J, Vilagut G, Ware JE. Developing a New Version of the SF-6D Health State Classification System From the SF-36v2: SF-6Dv2. Med Care. 2020 06; 58(6):557-565.
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Milkowska-Shibata MA, Aye TT, Yi SM, Oo KT, Khaing K, Than M, Win T, Myo SY, Toe SY, West HS, Ringstad KM, Galarza L, Meng C, Shibata T. Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Maternal Health Care Utilization in Central Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 02 25; 17(5).
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