Cultural competence: development of a conceptual framework.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the development of a conceptual framework for cultural competence that could help and guide the training of rehabilitation practitioners, students and researchers.


METHODS
A systematic review of the literature yielded 259 usable documents that were further reviewed by two independent readers to identify 32 publications that described cultural competence conceptual models.


RESULTS
After eliminating redundancy, 18 unique cultural competence models were identified. A synthesis model was first developed which included four components. After an empirical validation of the model, a new model with only three components emerged.


CONCLUSIONS
The empirically validated conceptual framework is a promising tool for training and evaluation of cultural competence.
Balcazar
Fabricio E
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Department of Disability and Human Development (M/C 626), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1640 West Roosevelt Rd, Chicago IL 60608, USA. fabricio@uic.edu
Suarez-Balcazar
Yolanda
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Taylor-Ritzler
Tina
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D054521:Cultural Competency; D005006:Ethnicity; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans