The rapid growth in Behavioral Managed Care Organizations has led to increasing concern
about the future availability of culturally competent mental health services for ethnic …

The current study examines how the concept of cultural competence may be assessed and
developed among mental health professionals, especially those who work with diverse …

Cultural competence is understood at the most basic level to be the practice of considering
culture in order to effectively serve people of diverse backgrounds. A foundational definition …

Cultural competence assessments are recognized as useful strategies to guide
organizations interested in becoming more culturally competent. Consequently, many …

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify components of cultural competence in mental
health programs developed for cultural groups by community and mental health …

Definitions of cultural competence, a dynamic and evolving concept, are based on the
respective worldviews of social science theorists. In an increasingly diverse society …

Developing cultural competence is a work in progress. It is continually influenced by the
provider's internal and external attributes and resources, such as the provider's sense of …

Cultural competence training is mandatory in the United States of America to alleviate
minority health disparities though few studies have examined perceptions across …

This article describes existing problems with cultural competence definitions and examines
new developments in cultural competence theory and practices that have the capacity to …

Cultural competency has been lauded as an effective, direct intervention to address health
care disparity issues, and there is much empirical and clinical evidence to support the utility …