Cultural competency aims to remove the disparities based on patients' color, ethnicity or socio-economic status. There are obvious differences in the approaches and aims of the two attributes in healthcare, however, there are again, many common ways in which these principles are practiced or put into operation (Saha, Beach, & Cooper, 2010)
Defining and classifying Cultural Competency According to the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH, 2015), cultural competency, as applied to healthcare, 'enables providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients'. In another place it is defined as "a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together to enable a system, organization or professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations" (Srivastava, 2007)
Defining and classifying Cultural Competency According to the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH, 2015), cultural competency, as applied to healthcare, 'enables providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients'. In another place it is defined as "a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together to enable a system, organization or professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations" (Srivastava, 2007)
Defining and classifying Cultural Competency According to the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH, 2015), cultural competency, as applied to healthcare, 'enables providers to deliver services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients'. In another place it is defined as "a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together to enable a system, organization or professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations" (Srivastava, 2007)
Multicultural Competency Cultural Competency and Group Leadership Group leadership is important, in that a group needs to be cohesive. Without the right leadership there will be no cohesion, which can lead to the failing of the group (DeLucia-Waack, Kalodner, & Riva, 2013)
One of these facets is multicultural competency. This means that a good leader must be careful to understand each person in the group and his or her culture, in order to take that culture into account when it comes to making the group work well together (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005)