Compare and contrast 2 cultural assessment models (CAM), define and explain the history and background of the theorist.

Culture assessment model | CULTURE IN NURSING | Miami-Dade College

The Kamehameha Cultural Assessment Model (K-CAM) is a culturally informed tool designed to measure cultural competency in health care settings. It was developed by the team of Hōkūlani Holt, Ph.D., and her colleagues at the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine in 2012. This model employs an indigenous Hawaiian framework that examines five key dimensions of culture: Values & Beliefs, Language & Communication, Education/Learning Styles, Social Organization and Environmental Factors/Paleogeography.

The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is a semi-structured interview tool developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The CFI helps healthcare providers better understand the influence of cultural factors on patient mental health issues such as symptoms experienced, meaning attributed to them and subsequent help-seeking behaviors. This model provides clinicians with guidance for gathering detailed information about patients’ family histories, social networks and environmental contexts in order to form holistic diagnoses that take into account multiple layers of culture beyond individual identity or ethnicity.