Dr. Josepha Campinha-Bacote

Dr. Campinha-Bacote (link) is the President and Founder of Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates, a private consultation service which focuses on clinical, administrative, research, and educational issues in transcultural health care and mental health.  She has worked with managed healthcare organizations, acute and long term medical centers, outpatient healthcare organizations, academic institutions, community outreach centers, faith-based organizations and the federal government to enhance the level of cultural competence among their employees and healthcare professionals.

She received her B.S. from the University of Rhode Island, a M.S. from Texas Women's University, a M.A. in Religion/Theology from Cincinnati Christian University and her Ph.D from the University of Virginia.  Dr. Campinha-Bacote holds several state, national and international certifications.  She is Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, certified by the Transcultural Nursing Society as a Certified Transcultural Nurse, and holds a Certificate of Authority from the Ohio Board of Nursing to practice as an Advanced Practice Clinical Nurse Specialist.  In addition,  Dr. Campinha-Bacote holds several adjunct faculty positions and is on faculty at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.

She has been the recipient of several national and international honors and awards which include the The Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services' 2007 Article of the Year Award, the 2007 University of Rhode Island Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2006 Health Knowledge Award from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Rhode Island's Multicultural Center, the 2004 Transcultural Nursing Society International (TCNS) Leadership Award, the Distinguished Lecturer Award from Sigma Theta Tau International, and the Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.  Dr. Campinha-Bacote is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and in 2005 was inducted into the TCNS International as a Transcultural Nurse Scholar.  

Dr. Campinha-Bacote has given more than 1,000 national and international presentations on issues concerning transcultural health care and transcultural psychiatry.  She has numerous publications (link) in these specialty areas and has received external funding for her research projects.  Dr. Campinha-Bacote has developed a conceptual model, "The Process of Cultural Competence in The Delivery of Healthcare Services: A Culturally Competent Model of Care," (link) which several colleges of nursing, pharmacy, social work, medicine and other allied healthcare disciplines are incorporating into their undergraduate and graduate programs.  Based on this model she developed the instruments, Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals - Revised (IAPCC-R) (link), which measures the level of cultural competence among healthcare professionals and the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals - Student Version (IAPCC-SV) (link), which measures the level of cultural competence among healthcare students.  Based on her recent graduate work in theology, she has developed a second model, "A Biblically Based Model of Cultural Competence in The Delivery of Healthcare Services: A Culturally Competent Model of Care," (link)  which is also being used in the curricula of allied health professions and seminaries.

In 2000, Dr. Campinha-Bacote served on the National Advisory Committee to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (USDHHS OMH)  to develop standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care.  She continued this interest, during 2002-2007, as she served as a consultant to the USDHHS OMH to implement these CLAS standards by assisting in the development of the Cultural Competency Curricula Modules (CCCMs) for family physicians and the Culturally Competent Nursing Modules Project.  She currently serves as a consultant to the National Center For Cultural Competence (NCCC) in Washington, DC and on several HRSA grants focusing on cultural competence in the health professions.

On a personal note, Dr. Campinha-Bacote's cultural background is third generation Cape Verdean (see map below).  She is married to Dexter Campinha-Bacote, MD, a medical director for a large managed healthcare organization based in Ohio and Vice President of Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates.  They have three children: Nia (14), a high school student;  Darius (23), a doctoral student majoring in Child Psychology; and Avonte' (24), a lawyer.  Dr. Campinha-Bacote is a practicing Christian, nurse, flautist, theologian, and humorologist.

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