Depending on the estimate, there are between 1 million and 1.4 million transgender adults living in the United States. Transgender patients are underserved and face considerable barriers to care, including a lack of access to what Sevelius calls “culturally competent” health care —...
all—including care for those with mental health and substance use disorders—addressing social determinants of health, delivering health care to patients where they are, and funding innovative care models, repealing HIV criminalization laws, and growing a diverse, culturally competent HIV workforce, ...
Literature in the SA context on cultural competence is however limited, and there is little evidence on how best to train medical students to provide culturally competent care. Chipps et al. [29], in a systematic review of the literature on cultural competence training for HPs in community-bas...
HIV patients from ethnic minorities receive better quality of care from doctors and other primary healthcare professionals who are the most competent at caring for patients from diverse backgrounds – those who are "culturally competent." These patients also tend to manage both their treatment and co...
Family member participants were overall highly educated, with 60% having more than high school education and 60% who were competent in English language. Therefore, these participants might not be representative of all CALD community members.