Cultural Competency – A Cornerstone for Effective Collaborations

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The need for cultural competency arose due to existing barriers in various settings, be it in healthcare settings, policymaking, international aid, business/commerce, and public affairs. The basic premise of cultural competency is to train individuals about distinct cultures, traditions, norms, languages, beliefs, and behaviors so that they can reduce biases, address inequalities, form stronger collaborations, and provide effective solutions that account for these cultural, behavioral, and linguistic differences. From a healthcare standpoint, cultural competence is the ability of systems to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors, including tailoring delivery to meet patients’ social, cultural, and linguistic needs. Cultural competency has to be part of the One Health framework because only when we recognize the array of cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and behavioral differences can we learn to solve problems that affect humans, animals, plants, and the environment globally.

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