OBJECTIVES Cultural variability (CV) is introduced as an overlooked dimension of cultural identity development pertaining to emphasizing and de-emphasizing the influence of a single cultural identity (i.e., cultural influence [CI]) on daily interactions and behaviors. The Cultural IDentity Influence Measure (CIDIM) is introduced as a novel measure of CI and CV, and hypothesis-driven validation ...

PURPOSE The authors critically examined the quantitative measures of cultural competence most commonly used in medicine and in the health professions, to identify underlying assumptions about what constitutes competent practice across social and cultural diversity. METHOD A systematic review of approximately 20 years of literature listed in PubMed, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied H...

Genetic disorders are responsible for a significant proportion of perinatal morbidity, mortality, infant deaths, and handicaps. Their incidence in Arab countries is higher than in the developed world. This is attributed to ethnic diversity, consanguineous marriages, large family size, advanced maternal and paternal age, lack of resources that deal specifically with genetic diseases, lack of pub...

Foreign-educated physicians (FEPs), also known as "international medical graduates", represent a rich source of potential primary-care providers. Despite their high level of medical knowledge and skills as well as ethnic and cultural diversity suited to meet the demands of patients, FEPs face many barriers in their attempt to continue to practice medicine in the USA. The program of study at Flo...

Marginalized groups have been defined as groups that have been peripheralized from the center of society. Increasing nursing knowledge of marginalized groups and the dynamics of population diversity will enable nurses to better recognize shifting health patterns, plan for utilization of health services, and determine ethnic and cultural differences that exist in marginalized populations. The au...

The South African labour market is characterised by a diversity of ethnic and cultural groups. The public sector is experiencing pressure from social, economic, political and legislative circles to make the workplace more representative of the population. This study investigated the affirmative action process in a national public sector department in terms of its employees' perceptions of that ...

Cross-cultural intimate relationships can bring about positives changes to society as a whole. Although many cross-cultural couples face plectrum of challenges, them overcome those challenges. Differing opinions, morals, and values strain bonds. There are stereotypes associated with different religious, racial, ethnic backgrounds. go against the status quo by introducing new ideas perspectives ...

PURPOSE Health care professional education programs in the United States have been charged to devise strategies to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce (Health Resources and Services Administration, Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/grants/nwd.html, 2014). The purpose of this charge is to develop a healthcare workforce that can better provide cu...

This research intends to find out the obstacles of ethnicity and language in communication import-export company PT. Jalak Kargo Logistik. focuses on effect ethnic cultural diversity effectiveness company. Therefore, it is necessary study using several theories such as Intercultural by Wiggin, Cross-cultural Mitra, Language Barrier Bowen, Cultural Adaptation Workplace Haninggan, code switching ...

Overview This 26-month investigation examines the relationship between inter-ethnic interactions, perceptions, and the cultural content of ethnic groups. Evidence from ethnography, psychological experiments, and evolutionary models supports the intuition that inter-ethnic interactions among individuals play an important role in the changing “cultural content” of an ethnic group, i.e., the norms...