Cultural humility involves an ongoing process of self-exploration and self-critique combined with a willingness to learn from others.
It means entering a relationship with another person with the intention of honoring their beliefs, customs, and values. Using both your background knowledge of a specific population's experiences combined with the process of learning in real-time.
It means that you work to redress the power imbalance inherent in the patient/doctor dynamic and developing mutually beneficial partnerships with various communities.
It means that you are never done learning.
Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to research that prioritizes the value of experiential knowledge for tackling problems caused by unequal and harmful social systems, and for envisioning and implementing alternatives