Competence In Healthcare

Cultural Competence in Health Care and Its Implications for Pharmacy discusses discrepancies in care due to differing cultures and ethnicities, along with possible solution to alleviate them. Many cultural beliefs influences healthcare decisions. This may limit possible treatment options or even if you can give them treatment at all. Health care discrepancies are on the rise for minority groups. Data shows that minority groups are more at risk for illness for many reasons. For example; lower vaccination rates, higher smoking rates, lower health coverage, lower literacy rates, and less nutritious diets. These are risk factors correlate to the higher rates of certain diseases. For example, African Americans have higher rates of; diabetes, cancer