Cultural Competence Standards
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We know that cultural values and traditions offer special strengths that should help guide health care messages and treatments. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) believe that mental health services often are more effective when they are provided within the most relevant and meaningful cultural, gender-sensitive, and age-appropriate context for the people being served. For each racial/ethnic population, programs need to be built from the local community level, not structured from afar. Moreover, the services to be provided cannot be based on a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Information must be relevant to the specific group intended to be reached.
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