title: What has the literature taught us about culturally competent care of women and children.
abstract: This article describes what is currently in the literature about culturally competent care for women and children. With the population of the United States growing increasingly diverse, there is a developing need for cultural competency among nurses and throughout healthcare organizations. Cultural competence includes both culture-specific and culture-generic knowledge, attitudes, and skills. While databased literature on cultural competency still requires further development, we do have evidence of positive outcomes of culturally competent care. The end result of the provision of culturally competent care by culturally competent nurses and healthcare organizations can be significant improvements in the health and well-being of women and children.
authors.affiliation: Brigham Young University College of Nursing, USA. Lynn_callister@byu.edu
authors.forename: Lynn Clark
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Callister
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004645:Empathy; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*