Recent meta-analyses and reviews have showed that culturally adapted mental health interventions are more effective for racial and ethnic minorities than traditional unadapted psychotherapy. Despite the advances in providing culturally sensitive mental health services, disparities among racial and ethnic minorities still exist. As a body of literature on culturally sensitive treatments accumula...

Dr. Donate-Bartfield is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Division of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry; Dr. Lausten is Associate Professor and Director of the Section of Special Patient Care, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Evelyn DonateBartfield, Marquette ...

The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model was developed in 1988 in response to the need for nursing students in an undergraduate program to assess and provide care for patients that were culturally diverse. The model includes six cultural phenomena: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biological variations. These provide a framework for pati...

Delivering culturally sensitive care gives health professionals an opportunity to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities attributable to patient-provider interactions in the diverse settings across the continuum of care. Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is stressful; dealing with that diagnosis in a setting that is culturally unfamiliar or with a provider who speaks a different language can m...