Cultural competence is a key factor in the delivery of quality psychiatric mental health (PMH)
nursing care. The Interlocking Paradigm of Cultural Competence (IPCC) is a best-practice …

Publisher Summary Given the cultural diversity of the United States population in the coming
decades, it is increasingly likely that mental health professionals will be providing services to …

The concept of culture as an analytic concept has increasingly been questioned by social
scientists, just as health care institutions and clinicians have increasingly routinized …

Why is it so difficult to provide quality mental health care for multicultural populations? How
can quality care be achieved? Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and …

In an effort to address the significant socio-cultural changes in the population demographics
of the United States (US) and Canada, organizations are increasingly seeking ways of …

Examined agreement statistics (kappas) to assess the extent to which 2 groups of experts
(those nominated by important peer scholars as having expertise in cultural competence …

The organizational social context in which mental health services are provided is believed to
affect the adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) as well as the …

Globalisation has resulted in an increase in the ethnic and cultural diversity of mental health
service users. In recent years mental health policy, research and services have placed great …

4 eleanor_yurkovich@ mail. und. nodak. edu, with a copy to the Editor: mary77@ concentric.
net PROBLEM. To determine if mental health care providers delivering culturally responsive …

Organizational culture has context-specific components that reflect the essential focus of the
organization. Existing instruments fail to capture cultural elements distinct to mental health …