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Learning Objectives

1. Identify various goals of cultural competence.
2. Identify steps that should be taken to put cultural competence into practice.
3. Distinguish between minority and diversity, and between race and ethnicity.
4. Describe the six points along the cultural competence continuum and their characteristics.
5. Describe the five essential elements that contribute to an agency's ability to become more culturally competent.
6. List 24 attributes, knowledge areas, and skills that are essential to the development of cultural or ethnic competence.