Pregnancy and having a baby can be a special time. And families want to feel safe and trust their maternity care.

What does cultural competence mean? Working in healthcare, you’ve probably heard this term thrown around a lot. In the last ...

“Awareness of Structural Racism Rises but Disparities in Care Delivery Persist,” is based on survey of 647 clinicians, clinical leaders, and health care executives worldwide about the effects of ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has a major research focus on culturally competent care; that is, health care that is sensitive to the differing values and needs of cultural subgroups within ...

Cultural understanding in the health sector goes beyond language or etiquette; it shapes how patients seek care, how providers communicate and how decisions are made.

Students may not always openly express their mental health concerns, so creating an environment where they feel safe discussing their challenges starts with awareness and empathy. Because mental ...

Negative is how many patients with disabilities report their interactions with health care professionals (HCPs), particularly the ability to comprehensively understand complex health information ...

Lack of awareness and education about Alzheimer’s and other mental health conditions Shame and guilt about mental health conditions Distrust in Western medicine, doctors, or clinical trials ...

"Ensuring all health care staff working in kidney care base their treatment and care on these guidelines is the next major challenge. Then, finding a way to evaluate cultural safety by Indigenous ...