BACKGROUND Cultural competency is a multifaceted intervention approach, which needs to be implemented at various levels of health-care systems to improve quality of care for culturally and ethnically diverse populations. One level of health care where cultural competency is required is in the provision of health promotion services and programs targeted to diverse patient groups who experience h...

The spread of global culture is being facilitated by the proliferation of transnational corporations, the rise of global capitalism, widespread aspiration for material possessions, and the homogenization of global consumption. The extent of convergence of cultural values across nations has been debated by international marketing researchers. However, from a practical standpoint, transnational f...

BACKGROUND Membership in diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups is often associated with inequitable health and mental health outcomes for diverse populations. Yet, little is known about how cultural adaptations of standard services affect health and mental health outcomes for service recipients. This systematic review identified extant themes in the research regarding cultural adaptations...

AIMS To determine the cultural competence of diabetes services delivered to minority ethnic groups in a multicultural UK city with a diabetes prevalence of 4.3%. METHODS A semi-structured survey comprising 35 questions was carried out across all 66 general practices in Coventry between November 2011 and January 2012. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The cultural competence of ...

better understanding and recognizing the amount of cultural development in iranian provinces and comparing them, causes a particular attention and helps to recognize their weaknesses, strengths, potentialities and deficiencies. the purpose of this paper is to analyze cultural development indicators in iran. the writers of this article present an applied research and use a comparative method. us...

OBJECTIVE Providing services to rural dwelling minority cultural groups with serious chronic disease is challenging due to access to care and cultural differences. This study aimed to describe service providers' perspectives on health services delivery for Aboriginal people receiving haemodialysis for end-stage kidney disease in rural Australia. DESIGN Semistructured interviews, thematic anal...

This article addresses issues for child protection managers, such as hiring, program design, service evaluation, and policy development. It presents three frameworks for levels of organizational change: cultural sensitivity, which modifies existing services to better meet the needs of target populations; self-reflective cultural sensitivity, which calls for managers to be aware of personal and ...

Regional economies and communities are facing increasing economic, social and cultural hardship in many parts of the world as economies adjust to the demands of the new orders of commerce and governance. A part of this is the paradox that regional economies and communities can be either enhanced or disadvantaged by information and communication technologies (ICT) products and services. The pote...

It is widely acknowledged that in the last few decades, culture has been playing an increasing role urban regeneration. However, particularly realm of policy, understanding what seems to be too narrow, often excluding vernacular culture. Why should incorporated into policy and can it effectively contribute promotion regeneration? Our case study on Marvila Beato (in Lisbon, Portugal), two parish...

Kamaldeep Bhui is a senior lecturer in social and epidemiological psychiatry at St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Queen Mary and Westfied College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK; [email protected]). He is interested in cross-cultural and epidemiological psychiatry, service development and explanatory models of illness. Dinesh Bhugra is a reader in cu...