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Community-Based Approaches to Strengthen Cultural Competency in Nursing Education and Practice

University of California, Los Angeles

Evelyn Ruiz Calvillo, DNSc, RN

California State University, Los Angeles

Marie Ngetiko Fongwa, PhD, MPH, RN

University of California, Los Angeles

This article explores existing informal as well as formal approaches that address health disparities in the communities where they occur, enhancing the opportunity to strengthen the cultural competency of providers, students, and faculty. A particular focus centers on the community-based participatory research approaches that involve community members, providing opportunities to develop mutually respectful, trusting relationships through co-teaching and co-learning experiences. With community-based participatory research approaches to community involvement in place, the stage is set for partnerships between communities and schools of nursing to collaboratively design, implement, and integrate informal and formal cultural competence components in nursing curricula.

Key Words: cultural competency • community partnerships • nursing education

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 1 suppl, 49S-59S (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1043659606295567


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