TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/education/standards
KW - Clinical Competence/standards
KW - Cultural Diversity
KW - Health Services Accessibility/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Disorders/ethnology/rehabilitation
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower/standards/utilization
KW - Pennsylvania
KW - Program Evaluation/methods
KW - Questionnaires
AU - V. Stanhope
AU - P. Solomon
AU - A. Pernell-Arnold
AU - R. G. Sands
AU - J. N. Bourjolly
A1 - 
AB - Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in access and utilization of behavioral health services have highlighted the need for cultural competence among providers. In response, many agencies are now implementing education and training programs to ensure that behavioral health professionals improve their skills when serving diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural populations. The evaluation of these trainings is vital to ensure that they both improve the cultural competence of providers and promote recovery among persons with severe mental illnesses. This paper discusses the philosophical and practical issues related to measuring cultural competence, based on the evaluation of statewide cultural competence trainings for behavioral health professionals. The evaluation process illustrates the challenges of operationalizing cultural competence, balancing the needs of program implementers and evaluators, and developing a robust and feasible evaluation design, which assesses outcomes both for persons in recovery and providers.
BT - Psychiatric rehabilitation journal
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 3
CY - United States
IS - 3
JF - Psychiatric rehabilitation journal
N2 - Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in access and utilization of behavioral health services have highlighted the need for cultural competence among providers. In response, many agencies are now implementing education and training programs to ensure that behavioral health professionals improve their skills when serving diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural populations. The evaluation of these trainings is vital to ensure that they both improve the cultural competence of providers and promote recovery among persons with severe mental illnesses. This paper discusses the philosophical and practical issues related to measuring cultural competence, based on the evaluation of statewide cultural competence trainings for behavioral health professionals. The evaluation process illustrates the challenges of operationalizing cultural competence, balancing the needs of program implementers and evaluators, and developing a robust and feasible evaluation design, which assesses outcomes both for persons in recovery and providers.
PP - United States
PY - 2005
SN - 1095-158X; 1095-158X
SP - 225
EP - 233
EP - 
T1 - Evaluating cultural competence among behavioral health professionals
T2 - Psychiatric rehabilitation journal
TI - Evaluating cultural competence among behavioral health professionals
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 15690735
VL - 28
VO - 1095-158X; 1095-158X
Y1 - 2005
ER -