But Culturally Competent for Whom? Ethics and Cross-Cultural Dilemmas in COVID-Era Social Work

Developing culturally competent health knowledge: Issues of data analysis of cross-cultural, cross-language qualitative research

There is a growing awareness and interest in the development of culturally competent health knowledge. Drawing on experience using a qualitative approach to elicit information from Mandarinor Cantonese-speaking participants for a colorectal cancer prevention study, the authors describe lessons learned through the analysis process. These lessons include benefits and drawbacks of the use of coder...

Culturally competent social work research: methodological considerations for research with language minorities.

Despite the growing number of language minorities, foreign-born individuals with limited English proficiency, this population has been largely left out of social work research, often due to methodological challenges involved in conducting research with this population. Whereas the professional standard calls for cultural competence, a discussion of how to implement strategies for culturally com...

Indigenous people and the social work profession: defining culturally competent services.

During the past decade much has been said about the need to include cultural issues as a factor in the helping process. The discussion in social work literature has moved from cultural sensitivity to cultural competence, the ability to integrate cultural knowledge and sensitivity with skills for a more effective and culturally appropriate helping process. This article reports the results of a s...

Building a Culturally-Competent Web Site: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Web Site Structure

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Practicing Culturally Competent Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Collaboration Between Social Work and Law