Culturally competent definition
Examples of Culturally competent in a sentence
Culturally competent care is care given by a Participating Provider who can communicate with the Enrollee and provide care with sensitivity, understanding, and respect for the Enrollee’s culture, background and beliefs.
Culturally competent prevention programs, tailored to each tribal community, can play an important role in stopping and reversing the spread of the opioid epidemic.
Culturally competent caregivers are aware of the impact of their own culture on their relationships with consumers/families and know about and respect cultural and ethnic differences.
Culturally competent services are sensitive to the client's cultural identity, available in the client's primary language and use the natural supports provided by the client's culture and community.
Culturally competent and compassionate health care leaders must be courageous enough to speak out when witnessing or being told about poor and inhumane practice to patients or bullying of staff and colleagues.