This article presents a conceptual model of organizational cultural competence for use in
mental health services that resulted from a comprehensive review of the research literature …

Cultural competence is increasingly recognized as an essential component of effective
mental health care delivery to address diversity and equity issues. Drawing from the …

Background Cultural competency is now a core requirement for mental health professionals
working with culturally diverse patient groups. Cultural competency training may improve the …

Racial and ethnic disparities are disturbing facets of the American healthcare system that
document the reality of unequal treatment. Research consistently shows that patients of …

The authors utilized numerous documents created by advisory groups, expert panels and
multicultural focus groups to develop performance measures for assessing the cultural …

Cultural competency in the delivery of mental health services has gained considerable
momentum. This momentum has been accompanied by questions about the meaning …

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 …

Over the last 15 years cultural competence in practice and research has become accepted
as the standard when working with diverse ethnic and racial populations. It replaces notions …

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 …

In recent years, cultural competence has become a popular term for a variety of strategies to
address the challenge of cultural diversity in mental health services. This issue of …