Cultural competence is the ability of an individual or organization to interact effectively with people from different cultures.28 Developing cultural competence is an evolving, dynamic process that takes time and occurs along a continuum.28
For your efforts to prevent or reduce opioid misuse to be effective, you must consider cultural competence at each step of the SPF model—you must understand the cultural context of your target community and have the required skills and resources for working within this context.