Hugh Lytle is founder and CEO, Equality Health, a Value Based Care leader helping independent primary care practices make the shift to VBC. While there is no single way to define “cultural competence, ...

What does cultural competence mean? Working in healthcare, you’ve probably heard this term thrown around a lot. In the last few years in particular, cultural competence in nursing has been a hot topic ...

Culture refers to the ideas, customs, and behaviors of a group of people or a society (1). It influences just about everything you do — the way you speak, the foods you eat, what you consider to be ...

The development of cultural competence in pharmacy education has become an essential component in preparing future pharmacists for effective patient care in increasingly diverse societies. Educational ...

What is cultural competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare ...

Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

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 ...

This project was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and AbbVie Inc.; Aetna Foundation; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHSP23337024); American Dental ...

Understanding cultural differences is no longer just a concern for global corporations; it matters for small businesses and startups, too. When a company is culturally competent, it’s better equipped ...

Vernita Mayfield agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege. Vernita Mayfield, a ...