Provider and clinic cultural competence in a primary care setting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1204-1216

  Paez, Kathryn A ^a   Allen, Jerilyn K ^a   Carson, Kathryn A ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Disparities; Health organizations; Healthcare; Primary care providers; USA

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARYLAND; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

BALTIMORE; DELAWARE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WILMINGTON;

EID: 38849130767     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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