A project is described in which performance measures of cultural competency in behavioral
health care were selected and benchmarked. Input from an Expert Panel representing the …

Describes an ethnic minority/refugee mental health program in a community mental health
center that serves a small multicultural population. Examples illustrate how staff members …

Continuing education in cultural competence is a key strategy for enhancing provider
effectiveness in working with culturally diverse clients. In the mental health field, a majority of …

Accessible summary Lack of cultural competence in care contributes to poor experiences
and outcomes from care for migrants and racial and ethnic minorities. As a result, health and …

Despite consensus that clinicians should receive cultural competence training to reduce
mental health disparities among racial-ethnic minority groups, few studies have evaluated …

It is again suggested that people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities
comprise a disproportionately high percentage of mental health inpatients. Furthermore, the …

Purpose–The population of the USA consists of a culturally diverse mix of individuals, many
of them recent immigrants, from a wide range of ethnic and racial groups. Given an …

Open Forum nicity, culture, or language proficiency”(7). Likewise,“the idea of cultural
competency is an explicit statement that one-size-fits-all health care cannot meet the needs …

Unclear definitions and limited system-level assessment measures inhibit cultural
responsiveness in children's mental health. This study explores an alternative method to …

Abstract Minorities in the United States have well-documented health disparities. Cultural
barriers and biases by health care providers may contribute to lower quality of services …