Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility Collaborative
Cultural Competence as a concept was initially created as an offshoot of multiculturalism and globalization. We typically think of cultural competence as a panacea in addressing cross-cultural integration from the micro, mezzo and macro perspectives. In professional practice, cultural competence proposes numerous ways of understanding society and provides practice approaches and strategies that acknowledge and respect people from diverse backgrounds e.g. sexual orientation, social class, race, color, ethnicity, culture, language, immigration status, gender, marital status, age, political ideology, religion, literacy level and physical attributes.
As we further examine Cultural Competence, we must think about positions of inequality, recognize undercurrents of power differences, and explore ways of confirming a social justice perspective within the context of difference, intersectionality and empowerment. We must also understand Cultural Competence from the viewpoint of history as well as ongoing current local, national and global disparities.
A plethora of definitions for Cultural Competence abounds in literature. Some of these are compiled here to encourage everyone to begin thinking about how these descriptions can be applied in teaching and learning.
- In relation to care, Cultural Competence requires sensitivity on the part of the health care professional to a host of differences in the person, such as culture, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status (Cuella, Brennan, Vito, & de Lion Siantz, 2008).
- Cultural competence has been defined as the capacity to function effectively as a helper in the context of cultural differences (Cross, 2007).
- Competence implies an outcome and this may lead to misunderstanding about the approach to learning about a culture and its people (Crigger, Brannigan, & Baird, 2006).
- Cultural competence is a dynamic ongoing process, and suggested that collaboration may be a better term to reflect its dynamic nature (Crigger et al, p. 16).
- Cultural competence is a “process involving the attributes of cultural awareness, knowledge, skills, encounters and desire” (Campiha-Bacote, 2002).
- Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enables that system, agency, or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations (Cross, Bazron, Dennis & Isaacs, 1989).
- Cultural competence is defined not by a discrete endpoint but as a commitment and active engagement in a lifelong process that individuals enter into on an ongoing basis (L. Brown, personal communication, March 18., 1984).
Resources by Subject:
Social Work: Cultural Competence
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The Importance of Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice
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Family Group Conferences and Cultural Competence in Social Work
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Being a ‘Culturally Competent’ Social Worker: Making Sense of a Murky Concept in Practice
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Examining cultural competence in health care: implications for social workers
- Access to intersectionality, content to competence: deconstructing social work education diversity standards
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Are We Doing Enough to Develop Cross-Cultural Competencies for Social Work?
- Rethinking 'cultural competence' in international social work
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Culturally sensitive social work: promoting cultural competence
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Case Study of an Ethnic Community-Based Organization in the United States
- Factors impacting perceptions of organizational cultural competence in voluntary child welfare
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A Qualitative Study of BSW Students’ Cultural Competence Preparedness to Uphold Client Dignity
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Perceived Levels of Cultural Competence for School Social Workers: A Follow-Up Study
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Addressing our own biases: social work educators’ experiences with students with mental illnesses
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Developing a Working Model of Cross-Cultural Supervision: A Competence- and Alliance-Based Framework
- Student Attitudes Toward Religious Diversity and Implications for Multicultural Competence
Social Work: Cultural Humility
Business
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Combining Multicultural Management and Diversity into One Course on Cultural Competence
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Dynamic cross-cultural competencies and global leadership effectiveness
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Cross Cultural Competence: A Field Guide for Developing Global Leaders and Managers
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Cultural competence in the business world: a Finnish perspective
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Intercultural competence in the international business arena
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Cross-cultural entrepreneurial competence in identifying international business opportunities
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Cultural Differences & Cultural Diversity in International Business
Education
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Cultural competence: a conceptual framework for teaching and learning
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Service-Learning and Pre-Service Educators’ Cultural Competence for Teaching: An Exploratory Study
- Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction in the Urban Pre-Kindergarten Classroom
Nursing
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An Intervention to Improve Cultural Competence in Graduate Nursing Education
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Clarifying Concepts: Cultural Humility or Cultural Competency
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A Multicountry Perspective on Cultural Competence Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
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Cultural Competence of Practicing Nurses Entering an RN-BSN Program
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Person first and business second: towards cultural competence in nursing and midwifery
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Culture and Cultural Competence in Nursing Education and Practice: The State of the Art
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Cultural Competence in Nursing Faculty: A Journey, Not a Destination
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Measures of Cultural Competence in Nurses: An Integrative Review
Other Allied Health
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Psychiatry Resident Training in Cultural Competence: An Educator’s Toolkit
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Addressing Biases in Patient Care through the 5 R’s of Cultural Humility, A Clinician Teaching Tool
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Integrating Cultural Humility into Health Care Professional Education and Training
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Comparison of Teaching Methods for Cultural Humility in Physical Therapy
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Methods for teaching cultural competence to physical therapy students
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A Word can become a Seed: A Lesson Learned about Cultural Humility
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Moving towards culturally competent health systems: Organizational and market factors
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Cultural competence in occupational therapists working in early intervention therapy programs
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Culture, Cultural Competency and Occupational Therapy: A Review of the Literature
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Doctor-Patient Communication, Cultural Competence, and Minority Health
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Patient Centeredness, Cultural Competence and Healthcare Quality
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Physician Cultural Competence and Patient Ratings of the Patient-Physician Relationship