Cultural competence

Assessing Cultural Competence in Public Administration Introduction Public Administration is the backbone of a state and any discrimination within the body or by the body could be disastrous. With the expansion and globalization of the World, people from an array of cultures inhabit the countries. In order to make this department more efficient, the authorities need to ensure that their policies and behaviors comply with the latest and ethical demands of Cultural Competence, such that they cater to the needs and values of all cultures, not just the dominant ones. Summary The people are judged and identified from the way they behave in masses and in a particular environment and such attitudes come exclusively from the influence of geographical…

What is cultural competence and how can it be gained? Intercultural competence is the ability to be sensitive, reflective, tolerant, and efficient during interactions with individuals of different cultures (Behrnd & Porzelt, 2012). Arasaratnam and Doerfel (2005) identify having prior cross-cultural experiences, a global understanding of culture without ethnocentrism, and listening skills that allow one to be proficient in cross-cultural communication as important components of…

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…

“With increasing cultural diversity within our society, nursing students often find the challenge of engaging with a client who appears different and holds different cultural beliefs to be overwhelming.” (Seckman, 2013.) The literature agrees and acknowledges the need for cultural competence among nurses in order to provide safe, quality care to patients. Authors in all the articles acknowledge the fact that the population is becoming increasingly more diverse necessitating a need for students…

Cultural competence is defined as a set of values and principles demonstrated by behaviors, attitudes, structures that enable them to work together effectively (KU, 2016). The basic study of cultural competence is attitude, knowledge, and skills. Diversity is crucial today for organizations; because social and economic change is coming quicker, organizations are understanding the presence of cultural competence (KU, 2016). The idea of Credit Unions began as individuals pooled their money…

Cross-cultural Relations This handout will focus on: diversity, culture, cultural competence, cross-cultural relations and its importance. Introduction People around the world are from different cultures and they view things in different perspectives. In addition, they have a difference in things that they consider to be important more than others. All these are the results of diversity. What is diversity? Referring to the (Royal Bank of Canada 1995-2015), diversity refers to any dimension that…

Cultural competence is a term that is typically used in the healthcare industry to refer to certain attitudes and behaviors, as well as the policies shaped by them, within a specific situation or workplace that enables professionals to be able to effectively work together in a cross-cultural environment. By taking into consideration the different cultures in a setting, cultural competence allows for the culturally appropriate implementation of specific policies, practices, and procedures in…

what does it mean really mean to provide culturally competent health care? according to the article Determining, Developing and Delivering Effective Cultural Competence from MinTools Corporate, quotes, “Five elements contribute to an organization’s ability to become more culturally competent, Valuing diversity, Having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, Being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, Having institutionalized culture knowledge, and Having developed…

Technology & Social Media’s Role in Cultural Competence Education With the internationalization of technical exchanges and the increasing popularity of social media in the everyday lives of today’s society, the need for cultural competence education has become the focus of educators as well as the technical community. Cultural competence is the capacity to change one’s attitudes, values and behavior so as to be open and flexible with other cultures and has become increasingly crucial for…

Eromosele, I love Grand Canyon University. The primary aim of cultural competence and movement is to increase health quality, and reduce disparities by concentrating on people of color and other disadvantaged populations (p.vii). Cultural competence is defined for our purposes as the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for providing quality care to diverse populations (California Endowment, 2013). The importance of cultural competence in nursing is that it helps to address patient…