Without cultural sensitivity, the healthcare provider might not fully grasp the patient's perspective, leading to suboptimal care. Effective Communication with Diverse Patients ...

What does cultural competence mean? Working in healthcare, you’ve probably heard this term thrown around a lot. In the last ...

An ACOG Committee Opinion states that awareness and sensitivity to a patient's cultural background can improve physician-patient communication and positively affect patient health.

Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. are higher than in any other high-income nation in the world. In 2022 that rate was about 22 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the Centers for ...

Improve the Health Care Workforce’s Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity. Twenty-five percent of the U.S. population is composed of underrepresented groups, yet these minorities represent only 10 ...

The method has taken root in Portland and Seattle, and it's being taught to nursing students in California for its potential.

In 20 years as a nurse practitioner, Ann Cho found herself preventing a false child-abuse claim — because a bruise on a baby was a “Mongolian spot” common to Asian babies — … ...

Cultural sensitivity training for health care providers is a good starting point for reconciliation, Linklater told CMAJ. These initiatives set a standard for everyone who works in the health system, ...

A lack of cultural sensitivity in the health-care system in Labrador isn't new, according to Anastasia Qupee, social health director for Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation.