Addressing cultural heterogeneity among Hispanic subgroups by using Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural competency.
Campinha-Bacote's model "The Process of Cultural Competence in Delivery of Health Care Services" is used to describe Hispanic cultural heterogeneity and to guide nurses in providing culturally competent and sensitive holistic care to individuals from different Hispanic subgroups. But for nurses to do so, healthcare organizations also must make the appropriate resources and structural supports available to them.
Aponte
Judith
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Department of Nursing, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, NY 10010, USA. jap@hunter.cuny.edu
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001364:Awareness; D003144:Communication Barriers; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009042:Motivation; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011287:Prejudice; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012944:Social Support; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States