Cultural Competency

"Cultural Competency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities.

Descriptor ID	D054521
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.100.364
Concept/Terms	Cultural Competency Cultural Competency Competency, Cultural Cultural Competencies Cultural Competence Cultural Competence Competence, Cultural

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cultural Competency".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Culture [I01.880.853.100]
Cultural Competency [I01.880.853.100.364]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Cultural Competency".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cultural Competency".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cultural Competency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cultural Competency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 85 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2010 and 2011 and 2012 and 2013

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	2	0	2
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	4	5
2009	1	5	6
2010	5	3	8
2011	7	1	8
2012	6	2	8
2013	4	4	8
2014	0	5	5
2015	1	6	7
2016	2	3	5
2017	3	1	4
2018	1	5	6
2019	3	4	7
2020	3	1	4
2021	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cultural Competency" by people in Profiles.

Echeverri M, Unni E, Harpe SE, Kavookjian J, Alkhateeb F, Ekong G, Law A. Identifying areas of improvement for cultural competence in pharmacy curricula: A multi-school study using the self-assessment of perceived level of cultural competence (SAPLCC) questionnaire. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021 10; 13(10):1278-1287.

View in: PubMed
Schiaffino MK, Ruiz M, Yakuta M, Contreras A, Akhavan S, Prince B, Weech-Maldonado R. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Hospital Services Reduce Medicare Length of Stay. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(4):603-610.

View in: PubMed
Rojas P, Ramírez-Ortiz D, Wang W, Daniel EV, Sánchez M, Cano MÁ, Ravelo GJ, Braithwaite R, Montano NP, De La Rosa M. Testing the Efficacy of an HIV Prevention Intervention Among Latina Immigrants Living in Farmworker Communities in South Florida. J Immigr Minor Health. 2020 Aug; 22(4):661-667.

View in: PubMed
Fontenot HB, Cahill SR, Wang T, Geffen S, White BP, Reisner S, Conron K, Harper CR, Johns MM, Avripas SA, Michaels S, Dunville R. Transgender Youth Experiences and Perspectives Related to HIV Preventive Services. Pediatrics. 2020 04; 145(4).

View in: PubMed
Walters KL, Johnson-Jennings M, Stroud S, Rasmus S, Charles B, John S, Allen J, Kaholokula JK, Look MA, de Silva M, Lowe J, Baldwin JA, Lawrence G, Brooks J, Noonan CW, Belcourt A, Quintana E, Semmens EO, Boulafentis J. Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities. Prev Sci. 2020 01; 21(Suppl 1):54-64.

View in: PubMed
Cassel KD, Hughes C, Higuchi P, Lee P, Fagan P, Lono J, Ho R, Wong N, Brady SK, Ahuna W. No Ke Ola Pono o Na Kane: A Culturally Grounded Approach to Promote Health Improvement in Native Hawaiian Men. Am J Mens Health. 2020 Jan-Feb; 14(1):1557988319893886.

View in: PubMed
Okamoto SK, Helm S, Chin SK, Hata J, Hata E, Okamura KH. The implementation of a culturally grounded, school-based, drug prevention curriculum in rural Hawai'i. J Community Psychol. 2020 05; 48(4):1085-1099.

View in: PubMed
Chung-Do JJ, Ho-Lastimosa I, Keaulana S, Ho K, Hwang PW, Radovich T, Albinio L, Rogerson I, Keli'iholokai L, Deitschman K, Spencer MS. Waimanalo Pono Research Hui: A Community-Academic Partnership to Promote Native Hawaiian Wellness through Culturally Grounded and Community-Driven Research and Programming. Am J Community Psychol. 2019 09; 64(1-2):107-117.

View in: PubMed
McGregor B, Belton A, Henry TL, Wrenn G, Holden KB. Improving Behavioral Health Equity through Cultural Competence Training of Health Care Providers. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(Suppl 2):359-364.

View in: PubMed
Myers T, Richardson F, Chung JE. Racial and Ethnic Makeup in Hospital's Social Media and Online Platforms: Visual Representation of Diversity in Images and Videos of Washington, D.C. Hospitals. J Health Commun. 2019; 24(5):482-491.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals