Introduced in 1998 by Drs. Melanie Tervalon and Jann Murray-Garcia, cultural humility is a model derived from the following basic principles:
Cultural humility is a lifelong process of critical self-reflection and self-critique, redressing the power imbalances in the client-provider dynamic. Developing mutually beneficial partnerships with communities on behalf of individuals and defined populations. While Advocating and maintaining institutional accountability that parallels the previous mentioned principles.