Information for Providers and Practitioners
Providers must have the capacity to:
Address stereotyping, bias, discrimination, prejudice, and other ISMs.
Work toward health and mental health equity and social justice.
Advocate for these principles among peers and with professional societies.
Providers need support from organizations and policies to provide cultural and linguistic competence effectively. In addition to support from organizations, providers and practitioners need knowledge and skills to provide culturally and linguistically services.
Cultural competence requires individual providers at a minimum to (Cross et al., 1989):
- Acknowledge cultural differences
- Understand your own culture
- Engage in self-assessment
- Acquire cultural knowledge & skills
- View behavior within a cultural context
Culturally and linguistically competent practices require providers to modify approaches to:
- Assessment and diagnostic protocols
- Treatment & interventions
- Medication protocols
- Health education & counseling
- Consulting with tradition/indigenous practitioners & natural healers
NCCC Resources on Self-Assessment for Providers
- Cultural
Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA)
- The Evidence Base for Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Health Care
Written by NCCC faculty, published by The Commonwealth Fund
- Promoting
Cultural & Linguistic Competency Self- Assessment Checklist
for Personnel Providing Services and Supports In Early Intervention
and Early Childhood Settings
- Promoting
Cultural and Linguistic Competency Self-Assessment Checklist
for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services
- Promoting
Cultural Diversity and Cultural Competency Self-Assessment
Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports
to Children with Disabilities & Special Health Needs
and their Families
- Promoting Cultural Diversity and Cultural Competency Self-Assessment Checklist For Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Individuals and Families Affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death (SUID)
NCCC Resources
- Body/Mind/Spirit Toward a Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model of Health
- Information
on Language Access, Frequently Asked Questions
- Cultural
Competence: It All Starts at the Front Desk
- Coming
Soon: Family Stories
- Promising Practices
- For all NCCC resources, see Resources & Tools
