Cultural Competency Training

St. Charles Madras is a critical access hospital with 25 licensed beds and 240 employees located in Jefferson County, Oregon. The hospital provides surgical services, imaging, intensive care, a Family Birthing Center, medical and emergency care and an outpatient laboratory. It is a certified…
Multi-sectoral collaboration between governments, businesses, non-profit organizations, and people with lived/living experience of poverty has been recognized as a core principle of effective poverty-reduction work since the establishment of Vibrant Communities in 2002. This guide seeks to further…
The role of the physical environment in communication between health-care professionals and persons with communication problems is a neglected area. This study provides an overview of factors in the physical environment that play a role in communication during conversations between people who are…
Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and…
The authors conducted a literature review of academic, foundation, and government publications focusing on sociocultural barriers to care, the level of the health care system at which a given barrier occurs, and cultural competence efforts that address these barriers. A framework of organizational…
This field report looks at culturally competent care, the benefits and needs, and case studies. The case studies offer recommendations and analysis.
Web Resource

EthnoMed

This online resource is dedicated to treating patients from different cultures. It provides information on various cultures, providing basic history, information on religion, health practices, and experiences with Western medicine.
This essay was developed by Crossroads to assist Anti-Racism Teams confront internalized racist oppression and internalized racist superiority.
An adaptable group training that focuses on ways to intervene in public instances on racist, anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-Trans, and other forms of oppressive interpersonal interaction. The training provides scenarios to practice through discussions or role-plays. Developed by the People’s…
A 2-page document that provides strategies on how to challenge everyday explicit and implicit biases in interpersonal interactions. Strategies include using humor, asking questions, inviting discussion, and using direct communication among others and provides some examples on how to carry these out.