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 ...

An integrated pattern of learned beliefs, values and behaviors that can be shared among groups Elements of cultural competency: personal identification, language, thoughts, communications, actions, ...

Given the increasing diversity of Canada, cultural competence is considered of paramount importance in practising mental health care effectively. The term cultural competence refers to cultural ...

Social workers who learn how to support patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors have a good chance of providing quality care, BCSSW Professor Karen Bullock said at the School’s annual ...

A new course at the University of Minnesota is teaching undergraduate medical students cultural competence skills. The course focuses on teaching differences in cultural practices that medical ...

We are all capable of acknowledging our character within our society which is determined by culture. In reality, the world as "we see it" can vary substantially across cultures and groups of people.

A 2022 Hue report found that around 80% of HR professionals believe that their industry does a good job of implementing diversity-related initiatives. Yet, the study also reported that nearly 85% of ...

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 ...

The real issue is almost always competence. Culture transformation does not cure incompetence. When people in key roles lack ...

The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer I sat listening intently to my constitutional law professor, engrossed in the lecture-induced dawning realization that the ...

Healthy eating is sometimes seen as a necessary evil. On one hand, it’s essential to good health, but on the other, it’s suggestive of restriction and self-denial steeped in Eurocentrism. Even in the ...