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Northwell/ZSOM Health Equity: Cultural Humility

Definition: Cultural Humility

"Cultural [humility] is the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services; thereby producing better outcomes."1

1https://npin.cdc.gov/pages/cultural-competence#3

Cultural Humility

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