Community Support

Notes from a Roundtable on Conceptualizing and Measuring Cultural Competence

Conclusion

Leff, in his closing remarks, stated that HSRI, under its contract with CMHS to provide evaluation technical assistance, will continue to provide technical assistance towards the development of a cultural competency evaluation strategy. HSRI will review input provided by participants and their recommendations and assess whether a follow-up working meeting needs to take place. If the decision is made to reconvene the group, HSRI will send everyone material in advance for them to review and submit proposed measures.

Additionally, HSRI will share information it has on cultural competency related instruments, guidelines, standards, and indicators.

Kana Enomoto of CMHS stated that once valid evaluation instruments for each of the three levels identified (systems, organizations, and individual clinicians) have been developed, it will be possible to conduct the necessary field research demonstrating the link between cultural competence in mental health services and improved treatment outcomes (broadly defined).

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