Enacting Cultural Humility.

Area of Science:

• Occupational therapy
• Social sciences

Background:

• Cultural humility is a growing framework in occupational therapy for promoting justice and inclusion.
• It differs from cultural competence by acknowledging power dynamics and encouraging lifelong learning and advocacy.

Purpose of the Study:

• To address the gap in occupational therapy literature regarding practical strategies for implementing cultural humility.
• To explore challenges in applying cultural humility, especially when belief systems conflict.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual analysis of cultural humility in occupational therapy.
• Outline of strategies for integrating cultural humility into practice and daily work.
• Focus on developing skills for navigating power structures and diverse beliefs.

Main Results:

• Identified challenges in practicing cultural humility include perceived objectivity, power structure recognition, and emotional responses to difference.
• Enacting cultural humility in challenging situations requires intellectual, emotional, relational, and community-building skills.
• Proposed conceptual practices include uprooting biases, self-compassion, identifying power dimensions, and collaborative advocacy.

Conclusions:

• Occupational therapy needs practical strategies to overcome barriers to cultural humility.
• Developing skills in self-compassion, bias identification, and collaborative advocacy is crucial.
• This work advances theoretical and practical knowledge for cultural humility praxis in occupational therapy.