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Can Cultural Competency Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? A Review and Conceptual Model

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Brach, Cindy, Fraserirector, Irene·2000·Medical Care Research and Review
DOI 10.1177/1077558700057001s09
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This article develops a conceptual model of cultural competency’s potential to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities, using the cultural competency and disparities literature to lay the foundation for the model and inform assessments of its validity. The authors identify nine major cultural competency techniques: interpreter services, recruitment and retention policies, training, coordinating with traditional healers, use of community health workers, culturally competent health promotion, including family/community members, immersion into another culture, and administrative and organizational accommodations. The conceptual model shows how these techniques could theoretically improve the ability of health systems and their clinicians to deliver appropriate services to diverse populations, thereby improving outcomes and reducing disparities. The authors conclude that while there is substantial research evidence to suggest that cultural competency should in fact work, health systems have little evidence about which cultural competency techniques are effective and less evidence on when and how to implement them properly.

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Authors
Brach, C., & Fraserirector, I.
Venue
Medical Care Research and Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-11
Volume
57
Issue
1_suppl
Pages
181-217
ISSN
  • 1077-5587 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6801
DOI
10.1177/1077558700057001s09
OpenAlex
W2110332422
Cited by
1,160
References
146
FWCI
96.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
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