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5 components of cultural competence

Terms in this set (6)

Cultural competence
Process in which health professional continually strives to act respectfully, sensitively, and professionally within cultural context
Cultural awareness
Knowing other cultures exist and knowing biases you may have; process of conducting a self-examination of one's own biases towards other cultures and the in depth exploration of one's cultural and professional background
Cultural knowledge
Process in which healthcare professional find a sound info base on worldviews of different cultural & ethnic groups, diseases and health conditions, and variations in drug metabolism among different ethnic groups
Cultural skill
Ability to conduct a cultural assessment to collect relevant cultural data regarding client's presenting problem as well as conducting a culturally-based physical assessment
Cultural encounter
Encourages healthcare professional to directly engage in face-to-face cultural interactions
Cultural desire
Motivation to want to engage in process of becoming culturally aware
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