MHS 6027

Creating Cultural Competence in Behavioral Health Organizations

The course will explore the need of cultural competence in the provision of behavioral health services for diverse populations. The course will examine culture and ethnicity, multiculturalism, and intercultural communication. The course will define cultural competence from the perspective of current and various approaches of the concept, and examine cultural competence in behavioral health organizations. Case studies of how cultural competence is implemented by different behavioral health organizations will be examined.

Units: 3.0