Culturally Competent Care
"Culturally Competent Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Health care services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients. The provider and the patient each bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture to the health care experience which must be transcended to achieve equal access and quality health care.
| Descriptor ID |
D065246
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.052 N05.300.206
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| Concept/Terms |
Culturally Competent Care- Culturally Competent Care
- Care, Culturally Competent
- Cultural Care
- Care, Cultural
- Culturally Congruent Care
- Care, Culturally Congruent
- Cross-Cultural Care
- Care, Cross-Cultural
- Cross Cultural Care
- Culturally Competent Health Care
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Culturally Competent Care" by people in Profiles.
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Rios-Vega L, Rising K, Fields M, Freedman B, Toole N, Ramos J, Schaaf R. Engaging Diverse Stakeholders to Improve Therapy Access for Hispanic and Latino Autistic Individuals and Families. Am J Occup Ther. 2025 Mar 01; 79(2).
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Adeniran RK, Jones D, Harmon MJ, Hexem-Hubbard S, Gonzalez E. Checking the Pulse of Holistic and Culturally Competent Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania. Holist Nurs Pract. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 37(4):223-232.
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de Crescenzo C, Chen YW, Adler J, Zorigtbaatar A, Kirwan C, Maurer LR, Chang DC, Yeh H. Increasing Frequency of Interpreting Services is Associated With Shorter Peri-operative Length of Stay. J Surg Res. 2022 02; 270:178-186.
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Wright JL, Jarvis JN, Pachter LM, Walker-Harding LR. "Racism as a public health issue" APS racism series: at the intersection of equity, science, and social justice. Pediatr Res. 2020 11; 88(5):696-698.
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Alexander RK, Diefenbeck C, Graber JS. Psychiatric mental health nursing: Career choice and longevity of African American registered nurses. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2020 10; 34(5):337-344.
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Ruoss AV, Short WR, Kovarik CL. The Patient's Perspective: Reorienting Dermatologic Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning Patients. Dermatol Clin. 2020 Apr; 38(2):191-199.
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Bonzanto T, Swan BA, Gaughan JP. Examining the Capacity of Registered Nurses to Deliver Culturally Competent Health Care to Veterans and Their Families. J Nurs Care Qual. 2019 Oct/Dec; 34(4):358-363.
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Sabri B, Njie-Carr VPS, Messing JT, Glass N, Brockie T, Hanson G, Case J, Campbell JC. The weWomen and ourCircle randomized controlled trial protocol: A web-based intervention for immigrant, refugee and indigenous women with intimate partner violence experiences. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 01; 76:79-84.
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Lewis CP, Takala CR, Qaadir A, Cowan KE, Borreggine KL, Rackley SJ. Jinn and Psychosis: Providing Culturally Informed Care to Muslim Adolescents and Families. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2017 06; 56(6):455-457.
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Talero P, Kern SB, Tup? DA. Culturally responsive care in occupational therapy: an entry-level educational model embedded in service-learning. Scand J Occup Ther. 2015 Mar; 22(2):95-102.