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Health priority: Social and economic factors that
influence health
Objective: Between 2000 and 2010, increase the level of cultural competence
in health care services settings.
Sufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following
interventions:
(None)
Insufficient Evidence for Effectiveness was found for the following
interventions:
- Cultural diversity training for health care providers
- Culturally accommodating setting for delivery of health services
- Developing culturally appropriate health education materials
- Multicultural staff recruitment and retention programs
- Providing interpreter services and linguistically proficient staff
Mixed Evidence was found for the following interventions:
(None)
Sufficient Evidence for Ineffectiveness was found for the following
interventions:
(None)
Limitations/Comments:
Reviews from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services are
recognized as thorough and systematic. The scope of this particular review
coincides almost perfectly with the objective from the state health plan.
For this reason, the recommendations from the Guide to Community
Preventive Services are used here. However, there are some important
limitations to consider. This review was conducted in 2002, published in
2003, and only reviewed literature up to 2001. In a field as new as
cultural competence, there has certainly been research published since
2001 that could change the results. At the time of this review there were
only six research studies available for analysis. An updated search of
PubMed or Medline would be a useful process for anyone about to undertake
a project involving cultural competency.
Additional Resources:
All external hyperlinks are provided for your information
and for the benefit of the general public. The Department of Health Services does not testify to, sponsor, or endorse the accuracy of
the information provided on externally linked pages.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Guide to Community Preventive
Services: Culturally Competent Health Care
National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University
Office of Minority Health Center for
Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care
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