Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diversity in health care is critical as our communities become more diverse in race, ethnicity and culture. A ...

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. Culture refers to the ...

How can the healthcare system take proper account of the special needs of patients from different cultural backgrounds? This question is the focus of a project funded by the Swiss National Science ...

The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas.

Research shows that diversity within care teams can improve patient outcomes. Building a strong foundation of education and training can build both. As a healthcare executive, Odesa Stapleton sees the ...

Massachusetts, one of few states with relatively low maternal mortality and morbidity rates, is in a difficult position. Upward trends in adverse pregnancy outcomes are pushing the conversation on ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning Group for its ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – At a Tuesday meeting, a Texas council that oversees mental health care professionals in the state got rid of certain education requirements for practitioners related to cultural ...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is continuing his fight on culture wars issues, this time on reproductive health care records and workplace diversity. In a letter he signed onto last month, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Will emerging conservation frameworks rise to the challenge? The biodiverse Sepik River region in eastern Papua New Guinea is thought to harbor ...

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is observed every year on May 21 to celebrate the richness of the world’s cultures and promote intercultural understanding. In 2025, the ...

Mr. Woodhouse is a documentary filmmaker and the author of the newsletter Social Studies. In 1764, perhaps 200 largely Irish settlers from Pennsylvania’s back country rode to Philadelphia to confront ...