Piedmont Technical College The Purnells Model for Cultural Competence Essay

Diversity has a significant influence on health care. Studying transcultural health care helps health professionals understand different cultures in order to provide holistic and individualized health care. Read and reflect on The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence (Purnell, 2005) including the theory, framework, and 12 domains. The United States Census Bureau identifies four major subcultural ethnic groups in this country. Choose one of the following ethnic groups to focus your paper: o Hispanic/Latino (of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other Latin descents) o Black/African American (of African, Haitian, and Dominican Republic descents) o Asian/Pacific Islander (of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, and Asian Indian descents) o American Indian/ Alaska Native (descendants of hundreds of tribes of Native Americans and of Eskimo descent)