(2016) define culture as follows:Ĭulture is an internalized and shared schema or framework that is used by group (or subgroup) members as a refracted lens to ‘see’ reality, and in which both the individual and the collective experience the world. In this article, we align ourselves with definitions used by Kagawa Singer et al. However, narrowly defining culture minimizes its complexity and functionality. In many instances, culture has been narrowly defined, with researchers using socioeconomic status or other demographic characteristics, such as race and ethnicity, as a proxy for culture. The concept of “culture” is often ambiguous and lacks a concrete definition.
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Lastly, we provide applied examples of community-engaged interventions that leverage cultural assets in Communities of Color to reduce disparities and promote health equity. We discuss how applying CCW to conducting community-engaged research promotes health equity, inclusive science, and authentic relationships with community partners. In our approach, asset-based frameworks intersect with community engagement, CCW,Īnd principles of health equity. This paper discusses CCW and its applicability and utility for facilitating culturally informed community engagement in health research. We anchor our approach-culturally informed community engagement-in the core tenets of CCW. Yosso’s framework of Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) emphasizes six forms of capital that People and Communities of Color use to thrive and succeed: social, navigational, linguistic, familial, resistant, and aspirational. Communities and the cultural values and practices that shape them are closely intertwined, creating opportunities for a more intentional approach to community engagement. Interventions, programs, and initiatives designed to promote health equity among Communities of Color must be culturally informed.
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My aim is to help instructors guide students of assessment toward integrating a process-oriented way of thinking about culture, one that promotes a critical approach to our understanding of the role of culture in human behavior and its assessment.Public health efforts seeking to reduce disparities and promote equity must be inclusive to reach their full potential. I then review exercises and demonstrations to illustrate these conceptual ideas. Third, culturally responsive assessors must formulate and test both culture-specific and alternative (impairment or dysfunction) hypotheses, which refers to shifting cultural lenses (Kleinman & Kleinman, 1991). Second, culturally informed assessors specify and test what about the social and cultural world matters to avoid making inferences based on group labels associated with ethnicity or race.
The first conceptual issue is that multicultural assessment requires a solid foundation in traditional assessment theory and methods. I present 3 conceptual issues as well as the demonstrations or exercises that I use to teach these concepts to students in a doctoral program of clinical psychology. Multicultural assessment requires a strong conceptual foundation to address the complex and dynamic nature of culture.
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