Cultural Humility Scale
The Cultural Humility Scale (CHS) is a self-report instrument designed to assess healthcare providers' capacity for cultural humility—a stance of openness, self-reflection, and power-sharing with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Originating from theoretical work by Tervalon and Murray-García (1998) and operationalized by Hook and colleagues (2013), the CHS measures clinicians' willingness to acknowledge limits in cultural knowledge, receptiveness to patient perspectives, and commitment to lifelong learning about culture. The instrument is widely used in medical, nursing, counseling, and other health professions education to evaluate trainees' readiness for culturally humble practice.
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- Tervalon, M., & Murray-García, J. (1998). Cultural humility versus cultural competence: A critical distinction in defining physician training outcomes in multicultural education. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 9(2), 117–125. DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0233 ↗
- Hook, J. N., Davis, D. E., Owen, J., Worthington Jr., E. L., & Utsey, S. O. (2013). Cultural humility: Measuring openness to culturally diverse clients. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60(3), 353–366. DOI: 10.1037/a0032595 ↗