Research participants have commonly been found to lack basic understanding of fundamental aspects of the studies in which they are participating. The informed consent process is one of many aspects of ...

On a warm, muggy Friday morning in the middle school’s library, 22 chairs are set around tables, in a u-shape. Barbara Slayton is making sure the projector’s running. She’s the coordinator of school ...

A bill seeking to amend the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act passed both Illinois houses on Thursday. The amendment seeks to require that ...

What is cultural competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare ...

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a movement within the human services professions that stressed the importance of cultural competency. Psychology and social work were the pioneers; these fields ...

The following is an example of the people whom our organization strives to help every day. Ms. Santos got off the bus after working a 14-hour day as a housekeeper, when she noticed an unbearable pain ...

Karen Hynick has become an advocate for re-thinking developmental education — the basic courses that many entering college students must take before moving on to college-level work. MinnPost’s ...

As the poet, activist, and librarian Audre Lorde teaches us: “it is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” But how exactly do ...

This course will examine theoretical perspectives and models pertaining to cultural competence within creative arts therapy practice. Students will examine cultural group identities, learn about ...

They are a bunch of smart-ass white boys, who think they know it all. —Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, August 1984 Andy Young had run out of patience. Having spent his life working in the trenches of ...

Minneapolis is vastly different today than a couple of decades ago as the city’s population has grown with more persons of color. Is the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) keeping pace with ...

Before heading to Papua New Guinea to speak at the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Human Resource Development in the capital Port Moresby last month, my American peers asked me many things: Will ...