Mar 28, 2024  
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HCM 230 - Cultural Competencies for Health and Human Services Professionals

3.0 Cr. Hrs.
“Cultural competency” is one of public health’s primary tools to closing the disparities gap in healthcare. It encompasses behaviors, attitudes, and policies that are integrated in a system, agency, or group of professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural settings and situations. While “culture” is commonly associated with race/ethnicity, it encompasses the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, and values of any social group. This course will examine both analytical and practical approaches to cultural competency in public health. Concepts, models, frameworks, and communication that occur in cross-cultural health situations will be discussed, but also the application of these concepts in real interventions and programs.



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