Acculturation: The product of culture learning that occurs as a result of contact between the members of two or more culturally distinct groups.
Culture: Integrated pattern of socially transmitted human behavior that includes thoughts, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions, and all other products of human work or thought, characteristic of a particular community or population.
Disparity: Racial or ethnic differences in the quality of health care that are not due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention
Ethnicity: Groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
Minority: Group A part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment.
Race: a human population considered distinct based on physical characteristics.