Cultural Competence in Health Care

Soulé, Isabelle

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“…The development of these relational abilities is viewed as more important than learning culturally specific knowledge for behaving effectively in interpersonal interactions. [25] …”

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Intercultural competency development of health professions students during study abroad in India

Richards

Doorenbos

2016

JNEP

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Objective Short-term international health-related study abroad seminars for health-professions students are increasingly popular because of a focus in higher education on global awareness and intercultural competency. This study describes a study abroad strategy to teach students intercultural communication skills and knowledge, and evaluated the effectiveness of a 3-week health-related study abroad program and intercultural competency curriculum in increasing skills and knowledge of health-profession students. Methods This was a mixed methods study, with a pretest-posttest, within-subjects design, and content analysis of student reflection journals. The curriculum was designed to increase students’ sensitivity to different cultural worldviews and support attitudes such as curiosity and openness that lead to relational abilities such as flexibility and adaptability. Students completed the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) and Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES) both 3 months prior to and immediately following the trip. Means and standard deviations were calculated and a paired t-test was performed. Results Qualitative analysis of students’ reflections presented evidence of developing awareness of their own cultural worldview, openness to Indian culture, and the use of skills to develop intercultural competence. There was a non-statistically significant improvement in ISS and IES scores. Conclusions Students’ reflections demonstrated personal growth through the acquisition of knowledge and skills needed for further intercultural competence development. Students indicated that the curriculum helped them make meaning out of their experiences. Short-term health-related study abroad seminars may help students develop self-awareness and cultural openness by providing theoretically based curriculum before departure and while in the host country, including structured reflections and cultural mentoring, engagement with locals, and a balance of challenge with support.

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“…The development of these relational abilities is viewed as more important than learning culturally specific knowledge for behaving effectively in interpersonal interactions. [25] …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intercultural competency development of health professions students during study abroad in India

Richards

Doorenbos

2016

JNEP

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“…As a further opinion, cultural competence provides an inclusive approach to healthcare practice that enables a healthcare professional or healthcare system to provide meaningful, supportive, and beneficial health care that preserves every client's and every community's human rights and dignity [6].…”

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“…For example, according to a Swedish study, cultural competence includes nurses' cultural understanding, cultural sensitivity and cultural encounters [20]. Again, in the work done by Soulé [6], four independent but interrelated areas of cultural competence emerged: intrapersonal, interpersonal, system/organization, and global.…”

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Assessment of Care for Cultural Competence in Healthcare Services: A Systematic Rewiev of Qualitative Studies

Demir¹,

Usta²

2017

Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research

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Background: Societies have a multicultural structure characterized by the spread of cultural diversity and having to live together with different ethnic origins, languages, and racial individuals. This requires that health professionals should adopt a care approach regarding cultural competence in order to prevent health inequalities due to cultural differences, to meet the health needs at desired level, and to enable maintenance of evidence-based care. Objective: To assess the cultural competence of the care provided in healthcare services. Methods: Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Proquest, Sage, and ScienceDirect databases were scanned; seven articles matching the criteria were evaluated. Findings: (1) The number of articles that examined clearly and comprehensively in the context of qualitative research relationship between cultural competence and healthcare services was few, (2) the results couldn't be combined into a common pavilion because many of the studies have processed on independent topics by addressing different dimensions of cultural competence, (3) in studies, it has been found that important components of care such as mutual communication, trust-based care environment, positive and non-judgmental approaches of health professionals, clinical skills, and linguistic differences were effective for cultural competence of healthcare services.

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“…Even though authors have recognized the systemic nature of cultural competence, models still focus on individual actions, thereby obscuring the influence of organizational and societal structures. Some recent studies have described the relation of cultural competence with the environment at a personal, organizational and global level (Soulé, 2014). However, these studies have not moved from a descriptive perspective to the integration of the resulting categories or concepts described into a unified theoretical proposition.…”

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A constructivist theoretical proposition of cultural competence development in nursing

Garneau

Pépin

2015

Nurse Education Today

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Cultural Competence in Health Care

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

Intercultural competency development of health professions students during study abroad in India

Intercultural competency development of health professions students during study abroad in India

Assessment of Care for Cultural Competence in Healthcare Services: A Systematic Rewiev of Qualitative Studies

A constructivist theoretical proposition of cultural competence development in nursing

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