Do ratings of African-American cultural competency reflect characteristics of providers or perceivers? Initial demonstration of a generalizability theory approach

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-453

  Lucas, Todd ^a   Lakey, Brian ^b   Arnetz, Judith ^a   Arnetz, Bengt ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Cultural competency; Generalizability theory; Health disparities; Patient communication; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77955158728     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2010.482141     Document Type: Article

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