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Cultural Competence Resources
Cultural competence is defined as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enables that system, agency, or those professionals to work effectively in cross–cultural situations (Cross et al., 1989; Isaacs & Benjamin, 1991). Cultural competence is the mechanism educators and practitioners use to move toward closing gaps in health care. Increasing cultural competence empowers health care providers to be respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients, and can help bring about positive health outcomes.
The University of Pittsburgh is committed to addressing health issues among ethnic and racial minorities and other under-served populations. Our Schools of the Health Sciences are engaged in a learning process designed to enhance the cultural competence of all constituents in our academic communities.
Below is a sampling of discipline-specific resources. This list is certainly not exhaustive; if there are resources not listed, please email us and we will gladly include them.
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences >
Other Resources, Webcasts, Modules, Assessments, and Articles >
Dental Medicine
American Dental Association - Community Brief - A collection of articles on culture and dentistry.
Journal of Dental Education
Cultural Competence: Dentistry and Medicine Learning from One Another
Culturally Sensitive Oral Health Educational Materials for Older African Americans
"Developing Cultural Competence and Social Responsibility in Preclinical Dental Students".
Differences in Quality between Dental Practices Associated with Race and Income Mix of Patients
Sufficiency of the U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade: A Workshop
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Center for Cultural Competence
Health and Rehabilitation
Integration of Cultural Competence in Physical Therapist Education
Book: Race, Culture and Disability: Rehabilitation Science and Practice
Medicine
Distribution of Medical School Graduates by Race/Ethnicity
Rectifying Institutional Biases in Medical Research
The Case for Cultural Competence in Health Professions Education
Tools for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
"Medical Education and Cultural Competence: A Strategy to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care," an AAMC project made possible by The Commonwealth Fund, developed to assess cultural-competence training in medical schools.
University of Washington School of Medicine. Ethics in Medicine
Cross-cultural issues and diverse beliefs with an emphasis on pediatrics.
Mental Health
Cultural Competence in Serving Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems
Cultural Psychology Links by Subtopic
McGill University Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry
Nursing Resources
American Arab Nurses Association
Minnesota Organization of Leaders in Nursing
National Student Nurses Association
Articles on cultural competence in nursing, from the February/March 2006 issue of Imprint.
Pharmacy Practice
A Multicultural Approach to Providing Pharmacy Services
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Contains a list of cultural competency resources for pharmacists
and other health professionals.
Cultural Competence in Health Care and Its Implications for Pharmacy
Cultural Competency in Pharmaceutical Care Delivery
A training template for a one-day pharmacy student elective course.
Intercultural Disposition and Communication Competence of Future Pharmacists
Article that examines the influence of an educational intervention on pharmacy students’ intercultural disposition and perceived communication competence.
Public Health
ASPH Diversity and Culture - Phase 2 Competencies
Center for Minority Health - University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
