BPN Performance At 15.3 percent, teen pregnancy rates for the 14215 ZIP Code encompassing the BPN are roughly 50 percent higher than those for the City of Buffalo (10.6 percent) and approaching three times higher than the teen pregnancy rate for New York State (6 percent).
Giger and Davidhizar transcultural assessment model. 3 Main summary points: â¢ The Giger and Davidhizar transcultural assessment model is a useful tool that helps in conducting assessments to every individual considered as culturally unique which is the underlying premise of the model. Davidhizar and Giger went more in depth with Leiningerâs work of implementing a culturally competent care and came up with a transcultural assessment model (Giger as cited in Astle et al., 2014, p. 112).
It is this reasoning that requires and enables us to construct what I call a Transcultural Ethnic Validity Model (TEVM) (Tyler, 2001). The following paragraphs show how a TEVM can be used to provide an integrated understanding of individuals, their communities, ethnicities, and cultures.he conceptual and empirical framework that I have developed and use in my work, including the organization of this article, I have named Transcultural Ethnic Validity Model (TEVM). This model provides a basis for becoming intra-culturally competent in any context ranging from a stable isolated one to one in rapid flux.