Purpose To examine the effectiveness of patient-centered care (PCC) models, which
incorporate a cultural competence (CC) perspective, in improving health outcomes among …

Purpose To highlight the importance of cultural competency education in health care and in
the medical imaging industry. Methods A comprehensive search of the Education Resource …

Background and Purpose. Cultural competence is a criterion contained in many of the
American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) core documents. The globalization of …

The ethnic proportions of the population in the United States are rapidly changing, with the
nation's minority population at approximately 101 million. This is also true for the West Texas …

The authors contend that increasing diversity in academic medicine, science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics requires the adoption of a systematic approach to retain …

Cultural competence and cultural humility are ongoing processes that healthcare
professionals should continually strive for in order to provide effective and comprehensive …

Diversifying the health professional workforce and enhancing cultural competence are
recommended for decreasing health disparities. We tested a structural equation model of the …

Methods. All participants completed an Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural
Competence Among Healthcare Professionals-Student Version (IAPCC-SV©) pretest for a …

Objectives The study aimed to explore medical students' attitudes and beliefs toward Latino
patients, specifically: to assess students' levels of knowledge, cultural competence, and …

Context Athletic trainers provide care to diverse patients, many of whom exist in a culture
different from that of the athletic trainer. As health care providers it is imperative to provide …