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An emancipatory approach to cultural competency: The application of critical race, postcolonial, and intersectionality theories

  • Linda M. Wesp
  • , Victoria Scheer
  • , Ashley Ruiz
  • , Kimberly Walker
  • , Jennifer Weitzel
  • , Leslie Shaw
  • , Peninnah M. Kako
  • , Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

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Abstract

Nurses teach, work, and conduct research in an increasingly hostile sociopolitical climate where health inequities persist among marginalized communities. Current approaches to cultural competency do not adequately equip nurses to address these complex factors and risk perpetuating stereotypes and discrimination. A theory-driven emancipatory approach to cultural competency will instead lead to lasting change and uphold the core nursing value of commitment to social justice. This article explicates key tenets of critical race, postcolonial feminist, and intersectionality theories and then applies them, using an emancipatory approach to cultural competency that can reshape nursing education, research, and practice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)316-326
Number of pages11
JournalAdvances in Nursing Science
Volume41
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • critical race theory
  • cultural competency
  • emancipatory nursing
  • intersectionality theory
  • postcolonial feminist theory
  • social justice

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