Cultural competency for health professionals is critical in the world of health promotion. It ensures respectful and high-quality care. The Kentucky Inclusive Health Collaborative has worked closely with KY’s Office of Health Equity to reinvigorate the state’s focus on health literacy and cultural competency.
This video emphasizes why health professionals should be mindful of the diverse lived experience of the patients they serve. This includes demographics, cultural differences, systematic barriers, and implicit bias.
This video follows a few people and who they are, and what they talk about regarding cultural competency.
