Seven essential strategies for promoting and sustaining systemic cultural competence

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-64

  Delphin Rittmon, Miriam E ^a   Andres Hyman, Raquel ^b   Flanagan, Elizabeth H ^a   Davidson, Larry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural organizational development; Organizational cultural change; Organizational cultural competence; System change; Systemic cultural competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873996619     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-012-9226-2     Document Type: Article

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