Cross-cultural communication

1. Introduction/Background: Cultural competency is primarily accomplished through programs aimed at increasing knowledge, enhancing self-awareness and strengthening the ability of health care professionals to have meaningful health interactions with the Indigenous populations they serve (Health Council of Canada, 2012). Most importantly, the integration of cultural competency across the continuum of health services has the potential to improve the quality of health care encounters between health…

Cultural competence, operationally defined, is the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services; thereby producing better outcomes (Davis, 1997). Cultural Proficiency in education is the level of knowledge-based skills and understanding that are required to successfully teach and interact with students and to work effectively…

presentation on Cultural Diversity was very informative and enlightening. She introduced us to the concept of Cultural Humility which focuses on lifelong learning and critical self-reflection, recognizing and changing power imbalances which in turn helps develop institutional accountability. She maintains that Cultural Competency, while being a stepping stone to Cultural Humility, is limited in its utility in the ever-changing healthcare needs of our society. I was introduced to the topic of…

• The U.S. population minorities expected to increase in the next forty years, due to immigration and birth rates. • Due to the drastic change in minorities in the U.S., cultural competence, having sensitivity and skills to effectively work in a multicultural setting, is highly valued. • Because cultural competence is an ongoing practice, self-honesty and commitment are two qualities that will help individuals succeed in working with the diverse population. • Awareness and acceptance,…

ethnic, beliefs or life style we want to make sure that we are getting the communication across to them in a way of understanding. In a way they we are impacting them positively where we don’t allow our social impact or styles of communication offended others. Therefore, making sure that both the counselor and the client have an understanding of what is being communicated is important because we do not want the communication line to brake nor clash. Also, being aware of other social impact has…

Morocco versus Ethiopia -Hofstadter’s Cultural Dimensions Theory The purpose of this paper is to determine the similarities and difference of cultural dimensions between Morocco and Ethiopia. Information from various sources will be utilized along with information gathered from the Hofstede Centre. The information from the Hofstede 's cultural dimensions theory will be the main supporting information that is used to complete the comparison. The countries selected for comparison, Morocco and…

to have the ability to ensure your product is successfully launched and is received well in your chosen local marketplace. This requires a lot of effort to test internationally, and then test locally, to ensure that branding and tastes match with cultural expectations and that the “Global business culture” is not perceived to be overpowering local cultures, with loss of sales as a result. A case in point is the perception of global brands in Latin America [1], which analyzed 669 brands, and…

When a person from one culture sends a message to a person from a different culture, this process is known as intercultural communication (McDaniel, Samnovar & Porter, 2012). We interact with people from different cultures on a daily basis and therefore it is useful to have knowledge of the theories which develop our intercultural communication skills. Several of these concepts can be explained through stories relayed to me by my friend Victoria, who has experience working with Middle Eastern…

previously taken classes on the importance of cultural understanding, but watching these videos and reading through the materials was a helpful reminder as to just how important it is to take students culture into consideration. I have found that while I do attempt to understand the culture of my students, I have not yet met cultural proficiency. Prior to watching the videos and reading the material I did not think about the importance of cultural competency among health educators. I figured…

“Cultural relativism is the belief that behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture’s own standards” (Kendall, 2016, p. 55). A living example of this would be a foreign exchange student. As a Rotary exchange student in…