Cultural humility and the importance of long-term relationships in international partnerships

J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;38(1):100-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00313.x.

Abstract

This article describes an education, leadership, and health professional interchange project in the Dominican Republic. It emphasizes the importance of long-term relationships and explores how over time, dialogue has led to cultural humility, self-reflection, and empowerment among nursing colleagues across national boundaries, despite differences in assumptions. The project is an example of a north-south collaboration encouraged by the World Health Organization to strengthen nursing and midwifery globally.

MeSH terms

  • Acculturation
  • Anthropology, Cultural
  • Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cultural Competency* / education
  • Cultural Competency* / organization & administration
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Dominican Republic
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / organization & administration
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • International Educational Exchange*
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Leadership
  • Maternal-Child Nursing / education
  • Maternal-Child Nursing / organization & administration
  • Nurse Midwives* / education
  • Nurse Midwives* / organization & administration
  • Nurse Midwives* / psychology
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology
  • Stillbirth / ethnology
  • Students, Nursing / psychology*
  • Transcultural Nursing* / education
  • Transcultural Nursing* / organization & administration
  • United States