Cross-cultural psychiatry

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,…

Intercultural communication can be done with ease or it can lead to world war III. It all depends on knowing how to differentiate between cultures and how to recognize that not every interaction between people of distinct cultures can be considered as Intercultural communication. First off, one can begin their understanding of Intercultural communication by first understanding what culture is, seeing as that it is the root word in “Intercultural”. Culture is a system of shared values, beliefs,…

social impact is so wide-ranging it would depending on the client and who they are, where they are coming from, because they might define it differently. For that reason, counselors should want to make sure they have a continuously understating the cultural social impact and ways to communicate effectively. This is because counselors should want to be culturally aware of the growing…

LITERATURE REVIEW Survival and success of organisation depend on adaptability, invention and flexibility, demanding continuous organisational changes. (Nesterkin, 2013: 574) The process of changes carried out in several ways including how the change is planned, launched or implemented and outcome expectation. The aims of this is either to familiarise with environment or increase the performance by improving productivity. The success of change lays on how organisation manage the change at all…

Title of Paper An article on “Interpersonal and Cross Cultural Communication for Advance Practice Registered Nurse Leaders” is taken from “The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice.” It is written by the authors such as Boykins, Anita Davis, Carter and Chandra B. The purpose of this paper is mainly on the Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) and their communication in relation to nursing care for different cultures. This paper particularly deals with different skills and abilities…

Cultural Competence Healthcare is becoming diverse with the patient population from many different race, cultures and ethnicity. Nurses take care of patients from many different types of heritage and background, therefore we need to be culturally competent while providing care. By taking the Cultural Diversity Self-Assessment (IllinoisCTE, n.d.), I was able to determine my own beliefs toward different cultures. The assessment tool is comprised of a one to five rating scale in regards to how…

Cultural Competence in Health Care Chelsea N. Walker East Central University Cultural Competence in Health Care Having a career in the health profession is having a career with people. There will be people of all different races, ethnicities, values, morals, and beliefs. The United States is extremely culturally diverse and with that, a job in health care will encompass all different types of people. Nurses encounter people of all cultures and it is a nurse’s job to be…