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SAMHSA: New TIP on Cultural Competence

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NYAPRS Note: The below Treatment Improvement Protocol, recently released by SAMHSA, will be a valuable resource for service providers to ensure behavioral health staff is familiar with competencies in recognizing and treating needs and disparities among cultural representation. It may also be a resource for policy makers as they are determining how to include cultural competence into service paradigms and outcome models.

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SAMHSA Announces

New TIP on Cultural CompetenceCover of TIP 59, Improving Cultural Competence

Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 59, Improving Cultural Competence, helps behavioral health professionals understand the role of culture in the delivery of behavioral health services. The TIP uses a multidimensional model for developing cultural competence and takes into account the different organizational levels of treatment. The chapters focus on specific racial, ethnic, and cultural considerations along with the core elements of cultural competence, which include cultural awareness, general cultural knowledge, cultural knowledge of behavioral health, and cultural skill development.

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The TIP is available at http://store.samhsa.gov or through the link below:

TIP 59: Improving Cultural Competence (SMA) 14-4849 

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