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

“Awareness of Structural Racism Rises but Disparities in Care Delivery Persist,” is based on survey of 647 clinicians, clinical leaders, and health care executives worldwide about the effects of ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has a major research focus on culturally competent care; that is, health care that is sensitive to the differing values and needs of cultural subgroups within ...

Dose of cultural medicine to 'decolonise healthcare' Most Indigenous people would like to access cultural medicine but many have difficulty doing so, with the practices largely left out of medical ...

Students may not always openly express their mental health concerns, so creating an environment where they feel safe discussing their challenges starts with awareness and empathy. Because mental ...

Lack of awareness and education about Alzheimer’s and other mental health conditions Shame and guilt about mental health conditions Distrust in Western medicine, doctors, or clinical trials ...

"Ensuring all health care staff working in kidney care base their treatment and care on these guidelines is the next major challenge. Then, finding a way to evaluate cultural safety by Indigenous ...

In 1991–1992, researchers surveyed all 126 medical schools in the U.S. about whether they had implemented cultural-sensitivity training or had plans to do so in the future.

Sensitivity requires awareness of the cultural, emotional, and psychological factors that may influence a person’s healthcare experience. Healthcare professionals should personalize care to ...