Cultural competence and perceptions of community health workers’ effectiveness for reducing health care disparities

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-15

  Mobula, Linda M ^a   Okoye, Mekam T ^a   Ebony Boulware, L ^b   Carson, Kathryn A ^a,c   Marsteller, Jill A ^a,c   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,c  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Community health workers; Cultural competence; Health care delivery; Health disparities; Hypertension outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84933033774     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131914540917     Document Type: Article

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