Recent articles have purported that COVID-19 is negatively impacting Black and Latina/o American communities to a greater extent than White communities. One reason cited for this disparity is the ...

Evidence-based cultural competence models should at a minimum facilitate understanding a patient’s worldview, including his or her linguistic and cultural matching preferences; cultural values that ...

What is cultural competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare ...

The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas.

We used data from the nationally representative Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey of 6,722 adults living in the United States who reported their race as black/African American, Asian, ...

Competency models are used to define which characteristics and performance requirements are needed to meet a certain expectation. A competency is essentially being adept and capable at a certain skill ...