For instance, using the Cultural Competence and Confidence model we are able to explain, describe, influence, and hopefully predict learning and development of cultural competency within a specific care paradigm. Because this model is interrelated and transmissive, it takes into account historical observations and data, and juxtaposes cognitive, practical and affective measures for a specific set of issues (Jeffreys, 2006, p.26).

Measurment, then, can be done using a metric such as the Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool (TSET), molded to a specific community and example. if, for example, we were looking at Community a regarding HIV infection among high school students in a heavily multi-ethnic community, we would find that we had barriers of education, prejudice, and assumptions that needed to be handled prior to implementing any healthcare educational program. The idea for healthcare modeling is, then, to use the model to increase competence within culturally diverse groups in order to provide...
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