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

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

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 …

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

Abstract As the United States' population continues to grow in its diversity, health care
providers, including pharmacists, need to be able to provide culturally competent care to …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Mental health practices that lack cultural competence prevent diverse clients from receiving
the care they deserve. As providers and program administrators, psychologists currently …