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Cultural beliefs shape our perceptions of health, illness, and the role of health care providers. For instance, some cultures view health as a state of balance between the body, mind, and spirit, while others see it as the absence of disease.
Culturally competent care is healthcare that considers a person’s cultural and faith-based beliefs. It can help ensure that the care being given is compassionate and effective.
The belief is that cultural competence allows nurses to be themselves while accepting others, and vice versa, which helps improve relationships between patients, nurses, healthcare teams, and employers, reduces stress, and creates an overall sense of happiness and well-being.
Healthcare providers must demonstrate cultural sensitivity by acknowledging and respecting diverse health beliefs, practices, and preferences. This includes understanding the impact of cultural norms on communication styles, decision-making processes, and perceptions of health and illness.
The concept of cultural respect has a positive effect on patient care delivery by enabling providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients.
What is cultural awareness, and how can you improve patient experience by providing culturally sensitive care? Learn how to manage cultural differences in healthcare and download a cultural awareness checklist.
Cultural competence in health care means delivering effective, quality care to patients who have diverse beliefs, attitudes, values, and backgrounds. This practice requires systems that can personalize health care according to cultural and linguistic differences.
Currently, the dominant discourse on cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competence, and cultural safety can be viewed as a continuum that measures the congruence of a person’s culture and his or her experience in the health system.
Here are some examples of how religion, culture, and ethnic customs can influence how your patients interact with you. Health beliefs: In some cultures, people believe that talking about a possible poor health outcome will cause that outcome to occur.
In keeping with this broader view, this systematic literature review considers three populations experiencing health disparities in the U.S. health system: individuals with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations; and racial and ethnic minority populations.