Effects of cultural sensitivity training on health care provider attitudes and patient outcomes

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Majumdar, Basanti ^a,b   Browne, Gina ^b,c   Roberts, Jacqueline ^b   Carpio, Barbara ^b  

^a Phi Beta Delta ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural sensitivity training; Health care providers' attitudes; Health outcomes; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3843085203     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04029.x     Document Type: Article

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