Enhancing cultural competency in home care nurses caring for hispanic/latino patients

Home Healthc Nurse. 2014 Jan;32(1):24-30. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000002.

Abstract

The Latino population is the fastest growing ethnically diverse group in the United States, but U.S. healthcare studies report poorer health status in this population than in non-Latinos. Using Campinha-Bacote's Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals-Revised (IAPCC-R, 2003), a single-session pilot educational program to enhance culturally responsive home care nursing to Latinos resulted in a 27% increase in the nurse participant cultural competency levels.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Cultural Competency*
  • Education, Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Home Care Services / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Needs Assessment
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nurses, Community Health / education*
  • Pilot Projects
  • United States