Cultural Competency in Health Care
Writing Assignment: Important issues

For this week, after reading chapter 5, please answer the following question in about 275 words.
Explain why knowledge of cultural competency, health literacy, and linguistic competency are all important issues health professionals should understand.
Example on how to answer this question: define cultural competency, health literacy, and linguistic competency and explain why these are all important to health professionals.
If you use outside research, please remember to cite your sources.

APA Format.

Course Materials: Rose, Patti (2013) Cultural Competency for the Health Professional. Jones and Bartlett.