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1. Cultural Competence in the Health Care Workforce
Cultural Competence in the Health Care WorkforceCultural Competence in the Health Care
WorkforcePermalink: https:// /cultural-compete…h-care-workforce/Cultural Competence
in the Health Care WorkforceAccording to the Office of Minority Health of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, cultural and linguistic competence is defined as
“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.”This
Discussion will give you the opportunity to explore how the cultural competence of health
care professionals can significantly reduce the incidence of health care disparities.To
prepare for this Discussion:• Select a vulnerable/underserved population (e.g., Native
Americans)• Search for an article, use one of this week’s Learning Resources or the
Internet.Assignment: No Plagiarism, APA style format, must be cited with references,
everything in assignment must be fully answered done according to details assigned by my
professor for maximum grading.Write a 1-page summary of the article. Also post a
comprehensive response to the following:• Describe two strategies, or methods, that health
care professionals can use to deliver equal and just health care with the selected
vulnerable/underserved population.• Why is this method effective?Resources:•
ReadingsCourse Text: Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health•Chapter 8,
“Comparative Health Cultures” (pp. 154–161)Organizational culture and the culture of
public health are the focus of this chapter.Article: Andrulis, D., & Brach, C. (2007).
Integrating literacy, culture, and language to improve health care quality for diverse
populations. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(Suppl. 1). Retrieved from the Walden
Library databases.The objective of this study was “to understand the interrelationship of
literacy, culture, and language, and the importance of addressing their intersection.”Article:
Betancourt, J. R., Green, A. R., Carrillo, J. E., & Park, E. R. (2005). Cultural competence and
health care disparities: Key perspectives and trends. Health Affairs, 24(2). Retrieved from
the Walden Library databases.Cultural competence is one method for mitigating disparate
health care for vulnerable populations. This article presents the trends in cultural
competence in health care policies, practice, and education.Article: Kreuter, M. W., Lukwago,
S. N., Bucholtz, D. C., Clark, E. M., & Sanders-Thompson, V. (2003). Achieving cultural
appropriateness in health promotion programs: .The focus of this article is the five
strategies often used to target programs to culturally defined groups. Then it introduces
another approach, cultural tailoring, that has the potential of enhancing the other strategies
in developing intervention programs that are effective for cultural groups.Article: PATH.

2. (n.d.). Using culture to change behavior. Retrieved March 12, 2010, from
http://www.path.org/publications/files/CP_kenya_chaps_fs.pdfThe organization, PATH,
collaborates with communities to reflect on a community’s cultural roots and completes
community-driven projects that engage culture to promote health and are respectful of
cultural complexity. This article explores some of their activities.Standards: The Office of
Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2007). National standards
on culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) in health care. Retrieved from
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=15This page describes
the 14 national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services for health
care providers. Organizations are encouraged to integrate these standards to promote equal
treatment between their health care professionals and all patient populations