scholarly journals Cultural Sensitivity in ATOD Agencies: Administrator and Staff Perceptions in the Hispanic Heartland

10.18060/19 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
David R. Hodge ◽  
Paul Cardenas ◽  
Harry Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Predominantly Hispanic

Administrator and staff perceptions (N = 72) of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) agency cultural sensitivity were explored in a predominantly Hispanic rural area with elevated levels of acculturation and high ATOD usage. While providers generally agreed that a relatively moderate need existed for training related to cultural issues, a more nuanced picture emerged in the purview of culturally- related barriers. Administrators viewed the lack of appropriate interpreters and language as a greater barrier than did the staff. Administrators also held higher perceptions of agencies’ cultural competency. The overall high assessment of cultural sensitivity may result from the substantial number of Latino providers.

scholarly journals Cultural competency and nursing care among sundanese nurses ethnic group in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Upit Pitriani ◽  
Kusman Ibrahim ◽  
Sandra Pebrianti
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Competencies ◽  
High Category ◽  
Cultural Skills

Background: Nurses as one of the health professionals who are expecting to have competence in providing nursing care to patients based on cultural background.Purpose: To describe the cultural competency and nursing care among sundanese nurses' ethnic group in Indonesia..Method: A descriptive design with a quantitative approach. The sampling technique in this study used Cluster Random Sampling with the sample of 63 respondents. The instrument used the NCCS (Nurse Cultural Competence Scale). This research conducted on April 2019 at dr. Slamet Hospital, Garut - IndonesiaResults: Shows that the nurses' cultural competencies in dr. Slamet hospital was in a low category of 37 respondents (58.7%). While in a component, cultural awareness was in the low category (60.3%), the cultural knowledge component was in the high category (52.4%), the cultural sensitivity component was in the low category (58.7%) and the cultural skills component in the high category (58.7%).Conclusion: The most nurses' cultural competencies  was in a low category such as cultural awareness was in the low category (60.3%), the cultural sensitivity component was in the low category. Sundanese nurses' ethnic group need to develop training in culturally competent as a local wisdom.

scholarly journals Cultural adaptation in cross-national buyer-seller relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gøril Voldnes ◽  
Kjell Grønhaug
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Business Relationships ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Market

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how buyers and sellers in cross-cultural business relationships manage cultural differences to ensure functional, successful business relationships. Failure to consider specific cultural issues may lead to the failure of business ventures crossing national borders. To succeed in today’s global business market, it is critically important to understand and manage cultural differences. Adapting to each other’s cultures is one way of managing cultural differences between business actors. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative, explorative approach examining both sides of the exchange dyad was adopted to obtain insight into adaptation as perceived by both buyer and seller. Findings – The results of this study indicate that mainly Norwegian sellers adapt to the Russian culture and way of conducting business. This is explained by power asymmetry between partners, as well as cultural barriers and lack of cultural sensitivity from the Norwegian partners. Still, the business relationships function well. Practical implications – Knowledge of and applying strategies for managing cultural differences should be helpful for business managers engaged or planning to engage in business ventures with Russia and Norway – especially those doing so for the first time. Originality/value – The study provides new and important information about West-East business relationships and how to manage cultural differences in cross-cultural business relationships. The study shows that business relationships can function well in spite of the absence of some factors previously found to have detrimental effects on these relationships. In addition, the study investigates both sides of the buyer-seller dyad, which is a limitation in previous studies of adaptation.

Measuring Cultural Competence in Nursing: A Review Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Safoura Yadollahi ◽  
◽  
Abbas Ebadi ◽  
Marziyeh Asadizaker ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Essential Factor ◽  
Time Limits ◽  
Framework Model ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Cultural Care ◽  
Review Study

Background: Cultural competence is an essential factor in providing effective services to care seekers. Providing cultural care is a necessity in nursing; thus, measuring cultural competence in nurses is of great importance. Accordingly, the current study aimed at introducing the scales for measuring cultural competence in nursing. Methods: The current narrative review study was conducted by searching the internet and library resources through credible databases. The keywords “cultural competence, cultural competency, cultural instruments, the measurement of cultural competency, nursing, nursing students, and cultural sensitivity” were used individually and in combination. The selected articles were in English, without any time limits, and only in the medical fields. Results: Among 16 articles related to cultural competence scales, 19 scales were discovered; 12 of which were in English and applicable in nursing. Nine tools were designed based on a conceptual framework/model, and only 6 of them received psychometric evaluations. Conclusion: The comparison of the scales suggested that all of them were developed based on different conceptual frameworks; accordingly, various factors should be considered when using them. The compatibility of the scale with the culture and environmental conditions of the studied population, and the areas of cultural competence it investigates, are among such characteristics.

Learning Through Academic Collaborations In/With the East: North American Adult Education Scholars’ Insights

2021 ◽  
pp. 074171362110501
Author(s):  
Qi Sun ◽  
Haijun Kang
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
North American ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
American Adult ◽  
International Collaborations

Applying Culture and Appreciative Education lenses, this qualitative study, eliciting detailed descriptions, examines six North American adult and higher education scholars’ lived learning experiences and insights gained from their academic collaborations in and with the East. Our findings indicate that participants hold unique international collaboration experiences with commonalities. Most participants experienced language and cultural barriers in real-time, on-site collaborations that they would not have considered otherwise without these experiences. Many differences made them realize the fundamentals for intercultural collaborations. They consciously learned to reposition with appreciative mindsets and co-construct goals and solutions with counterparts. All participants indicated that transnational contexts enable profound reflective and authentic learning, renewed understandings of cross-cultural sensitivity, and different ways of thinking and doing. This study demonstrates that international collaborations promote adult learning with self-awareness for a new dimension of global learning and cultural competency in the internationalization of adult education.

Incorporating Cultural Issues in Education for Ethical Practice

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Yarbrough ◽  
Linda Klotz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Health Care Financing ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Problem Solve ◽  
Outpatient Settings

The population of most non-dominant ethnic groups in the USA is growing dramatically. Faculty members are challenged to develop curricula that adequately prepare our future nurses. An increased focus on clinical ethics has resulted from the use of sophisticated technology, changes in health care financing, an increasing elderly population and the shift of care from inpatient to outpatient settings. Nurses frequently face situations demanding resolution of ethical dilemmas involving cultural differences. Nursing curricula must include content on both ethics and cultural sensitivity. Active student participation is an important element providing a foundation for ethical practice. A proposed educational format was introduced with graduating baccalaureate students. In a pilot study, curricular content on cultural sensitivity and ethical practice was taught in separate modules. Students were then asked to identify and problem solve an ethical dilemma involving patients and professional caregivers from vastly different cultures. Course faculty members provided discussion questions to guide the students' thinking.

Gender and cultural issues in psychiatric nosological classification systems

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya van de Water ◽  
Sharain Suliman ◽  
Soraya Seedat
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnoses ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Classification Of Diseases

Much has changed since the two dominant mental health nosological systems, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), were first published in 1900 and 1952, respectively. Despite numerous modifications to stay up to date with scientific and cultural changes (eg, exclusion of homosexuality as a disorder) and to improve the cultural sensitivity of psychiatric diagnoses, the ICD and DSM have only recently renewed attempts at harmonization. Previous nosological iterations demonstrate the oscillation in the importance placed on the biological focus, highlighting the tension between a gender- and culture-free nosology (solely biological) and a contextually relevant understanding of mental illness. In light of the release of the DSM 5, future nosological systems, such as the ICD 11, scheduled for release in 2017, and the Research Development Criteria (RDoC), can learn from history and apply critiques. This article aims to critically consider gender and culture in previous editions of the ICD and DSM to inform forthcoming classifications.

Staff Perspectives on ILT

2011 ◽  
pp. 106-124
Author(s):  
Colin McCaig ◽  
Maria Smith
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Alternative Teaching ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines staff perceptions of information and learning technology (ILT) in the UK learning and skills sector. It is divided into two sections dealing in turn with pedagogic and cultural issues. The section on pedagogical issues explores the use of the VLE/intranet as an alternative teaching method, and asks why these modes of learning are comparatively rare in the learning and skills sector. This section is also concerned with perceptions of the impact of ILT on students’ retention and attainment and explores the concept of variable use and variable impact by level and subject area. The cultural and infrastructure issues explored in the second section relate to staff development and training opportunities (such as the number and type of courses offered), the additional help requested, and the barriers to further uptake.

scholarly journals The gospel in context: Hiebert’s critical contextualisation and charismatic movements in Sierra Leone

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Bangura
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Polygamous Marriage ◽  
Point Of Departure

This article examines the process of contextualisation adopted by charismatic movements (CMs) in Sierra Leone. In it I use Hiebert’s model of critical contextualisation to evaluate the biblical depth and cultural sensitivity of the CMs’ contextualisation. Three ongoing cultural issues are especially highlighted as crucial and are used as the point of departure in the discussions: initiation ceremonies, polygamous marriage practices and ancestral rituals. The article concludes that, whilst the danger of syncretism is likely to occur where uncritical forms of contextualisation are employed, the CMs in Sierra Leone are attempting to address themes that are concurrent with the African sensibilities of its followers. This is an effort to build authentic forms of Christianity that are faithful to Holy Scripture and relevant to the setting in which they are developed.

Working in the UAE: expatriate management experiences

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan AlMazrouei ◽  
Richard J. Pech
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
Expatriate Management ◽  
Expatriate Managers

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine issues of skills and cultural awareness amongst expatriate managers working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study explores expatriate management and leadership experiences within a predominantly Islamic context and the adjustments that have had to be made by the new arrivals before they could effectively undertake their senior functions within their organisations. Rapid economic growth and recent prosperity in the UAE has resulted in the recruitment and placement of large numbers of expatriate managers. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews were utilised to explore the experiences of expatriate managers in the UAE. These experiences have been interpreted to provide lessons and advice for new arrivals to the UAE, particularly those who are about to be placed into senior management positions. Findings – The findings from our interviews of expatriate managers and leaders reveal a great deal regarding Islamic principles and religious practices, the Arabic language, the preference for a paternalistic management style, customs around issues of female dress and issues of time management. A number of strategies are provided for managing these sensitive cultural issues in the workplace. Practical implications – This research provides an important examination of the effects of the UAE national culture on expatriate managers and how they have adjusted when managing local staff. Originality/value – This article adds to the disciplines of management and human resources by focussing on cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness, specifically within the context of the UAE.

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