Abstract The NKI Cultural Competency Assessment Scale measures organizational CC in
mental health outpatient settings. We describe its development and results of tests of its …

There has been a growing emphasis on mental health services being culturally competent
especially when working with diverse populations. How do we assess whether or not a …

Cultural competence, as a tool to overcome disparities in mental healthcare to ethnic
minorities, is facing unprecedented challenges. Providers are turning to cultural competence …

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

A statewide data collection effort was implemented to assess the validity and reliability of a
52-item consumer assessment instrument of the cultural competency mental health …

The purpose of this study was to assess the level of organizational readiness of community
mental health centers (CMHCs) to provide culturally competent services to racial and ethnic …

In 1997, Maryland implemented a new managed care mental health system. Consumer
satisfaction, evaluation and cultural competency were considered high priorities for the new …

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 …

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

Historically, the mental health system has not effectively addressed the needs of culturally
and linguistically diverse individuals (President's New Freedom Commission on Mental …