Advisor(s)
Kami Fox
Confirmation
1
Document Type
Poster
Location
McIntosh Activities Room
Start Date
19-4-2024 11:00 AM
End Date
19-4-2024 11:50 AM
Abstract
Problem: In the United States, there is a substantial increase in diversity. This increase in diversity poses multiple challenges for healthcare workers and healthcare systems. Because nurses care for patients with various cultural backgrounds, health beliefs and practices, and languages, cultural competency plays a pivotal role in providing patient-centered care. There is a need to enhance cultural education for healthcare workers to ensure that healthcare workers have the skills and knowledge to effectively engage with all patient populations. Implementing cultural education interventions seeks to increase healthcare workers' competency, communication, and patient outcomes. Purpose: The purpose of this research question is to assess the effectiveness of cultural educational interventions on healthcare workers. It aims to determine whether increasing these interventions, in comparison to not having them, results in enhanced cultural competency among healthcare workers. Methods: This research project is a mixed methods design using the Cultural Competence Self-assessment Checklist of the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society. A control group and an experimental group will complete a pretest using the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist. The experimental group will participate in a three-month cultural education course covering topics such as cultural awareness, communication skills, cultural humility, and addressing health disparities. The control group will not receive cultural competency training. At the end of three- months, both groups will complete the same Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist. A semi-structured interview will be used to gather participant perspectives on the course Conclusion: It is expected that healthcare workers with cultural education will have an increased score on the cultural competence self-assessment compared to the healthcare workers who did not receive education. The implementation of cultural education for healthcare workers can increase their own cultural competency but there is still not enough evidence on this topic and more research is needed.
Recommended Citation
Griffin, Kaylie V. Ms, "Cultural Education Interventions Impact on Cultural Competence" (2024). ONU Student Research Colloquium. 3.
https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/student_research_colloquium/2024/Posters/3
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Open Access
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Cultural Education Interventions Impact on Cultural Competence
McIntosh Activities Room
Problem: In the United States, there is a substantial increase in diversity. This increase in diversity poses multiple challenges for healthcare workers and healthcare systems. Because nurses care for patients with various cultural backgrounds, health beliefs and practices, and languages, cultural competency plays a pivotal role in providing patient-centered care. There is a need to enhance cultural education for healthcare workers to ensure that healthcare workers have the skills and knowledge to effectively engage with all patient populations. Implementing cultural education interventions seeks to increase healthcare workers' competency, communication, and patient outcomes. Purpose: The purpose of this research question is to assess the effectiveness of cultural educational interventions on healthcare workers. It aims to determine whether increasing these interventions, in comparison to not having them, results in enhanced cultural competency among healthcare workers. Methods: This research project is a mixed methods design using the Cultural Competence Self-assessment Checklist of the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society. A control group and an experimental group will complete a pretest using the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist. The experimental group will participate in a three-month cultural education course covering topics such as cultural awareness, communication skills, cultural humility, and addressing health disparities. The control group will not receive cultural competency training. At the end of three- months, both groups will complete the same Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Checklist. A semi-structured interview will be used to gather participant perspectives on the course Conclusion: It is expected that healthcare workers with cultural education will have an increased score on the cultural competence self-assessment compared to the healthcare workers who did not receive education. The implementation of cultural education for healthcare workers can increase their own cultural competency but there is still not enough evidence on this topic and more research is needed.