Ecological theory and research in multicultural psychology: A community psychology perspective.

Suárez-Balcázar, Yolanda; Balcázar, Fabricio E.; Ramı́rez, Manuel Garcı́a; Taylor-Ritzler, Tina

doi:10.1037/14189-029

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“…Therefore, we need to broaden the implementation of CCs to include the whole organisation or institution, which means that CC in curricula should contain equity organisational standards. In this regard, Suarez Balcazar et al [33] state that medical staff and the other professionals in healthcare organisations should be capable of promoting (a) the capacity to adopt a multicultural mission that embraces equality and diversity as values; (b) services and organisational processes that are adapted to the needs of multicultural collective groups; (c) horizontal and reciprocal relationships by including users in the decision-making processes; (d) the capacity to engage in new roles, (e) pluralistic leadership capable of equally representing the needs and views of all constituents and (f) quality and systems change rather than pursuing a quick fix approach, i.e., seeking to maintain services and practices that support multicultural populations.…”

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Need for ensuring cultural competence in medical programmes of European universities

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BackgroundEurope is becoming more social and cultural diverse as a result of the increasing migration, but the medical doctors are largely unprepared. The medical education programmes and teachers have not evolved in line with development of the population. Culturally competent curricula and teachers are needed, to ensure cultural competence among medical doctors and to tackle inequalities in health between different ethnic groups. The objective of this EU financed study is therefore to provide a snapshot of the role of cultural competence in European medical educational programmes.MethodsA questionnaire was developed in order to uncover strengths and weaknesses regarding cultural competence in the European medical education programmes. The questionnaire consisted of 32 questions. All questions had an evidence box to support the informants’ understanding of the questions. The questionnaire was sent by email to the 12 European project partners. 12 completed questionnaires were returned.ResultsThough over half of the participating medical programmes have incorporated how to handle social determinants of health in the curriculum most are lacking focus on how medical professionals’ own norms and implicit attitudes may affect health care provision as well as abilities to work effectively with an interpreter. Almost none of the participating medical programmes evaluate the students on cultural competence learning outcomes. Most medical schools participating in the survey do not offer cultural competence training for teachers, and resources spent on initiatives related to cultural competences are few. Most of the participating medical programmes acknowledge that the training given to the medical students is not adequate for future jobs in the health care service in their respective country regarding cultural competence.ConclusionsOur results indicate that there are major deficiencies in the commitment and practice within the participating educational programs and there are clear potentials for major improvements regarding cultural competence in programmes. Key challenges include making lasting changes to the curriculum and motivating and engaging stakeholders (teachers, management etc.) within the organisation to promote and allocate resources to cultural competence training for teachers.

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“…In addition, as Cabrera et al's report indicates, questions remain about how to best design studies that reveal and document the developmental effects of strengths in ethnic minority families. Scholars in human development can profit from the work of scholars in other subfields of psychology (e.g., community psychology, cross-cultural psychology) and in other disciplines attempting to "decolonize" key concepts and research methods used in the study of ethnocultural groups (e.g., Bernal, Cumba-Aviles, & Rodriguez-Quintana, 2013;David, Okazaki, & Giroux, 2013;Suarez-Balcazar, Balcazar, Garcia-Ramirez, & Taylor-Ritzler, 2013). Research collaborations with these scholars could prove even more profitable and significantly advance the multidisciplinary perspective for understanding human development that the Society for Research in Child Development espouses.…”

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Positive Development of Minority Children and commentaries

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Contributions of the Liberating Community Psychology Approach to Psychosocial Practice on Sexual and Gender Diversity

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Ecological theory and research in multicultural psychology: A community psychology perspective.

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

Need for ensuring cultural competence in medical programmes of European universities

Need for ensuring cultural competence in medical programmes of European universities

Positive Development of Minority Children and commentaries

Contributions of the Liberating Community Psychology Approach to Psychosocial Practice on Sexual and Gender Diversity

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