Toward a Cultural Competence Measure for Social Work with Specific Populations
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work
- Vol. 9 (3-4), 53-71
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j051v09n03_03
Abstract
The notion that cultural competence is crucial to sound social work practice is widely accepted in the profession. However, there exists a gap between the achievement of the goal of developing culturally competent practitioners through social work education and the ability to measure such competence. A second gap exists between education and the providing of culturally appropriate services in everyday practice. These gaps are likely due to (1) the broad terms used to define cultural competence, (2) the slow evolution of instrumentation to measure cultural competence, and (3) the lack of culture-specific training and measurement techniques. This paper assesses the need for further refinement of the concept and suggests a new approach for the development of instruments to measure it. The authors provide an overview of the construct of cultural competence, analyze the conceptual and empirical foundations of four well-known measures, and provide a rationale forthe development of culture-Specific instruments.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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