Cultural Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills of a Health Workforce

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Jones, Mary Elaine ^a   Cason, Carolyn L ^b   Bond, Mary Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

continuing education; cultural attitudes; cultural knowledge; cultural skills; health workforce; Hispanics; management; staff development; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SELF EFFICACY SCALE; ETHNIC ATTITUDE SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SKILL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4644285806     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604268966     Document Type: Article

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