J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2012 Sep;23(3):286-295. 10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.3.286.

The Factors Affecting Cultural Competency of Visiting Nurses and Community Health Practitioners

• Yang SO
• Kwon MS
• Lee SH

• KMID: 2292795
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.3.286

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of cultural competency of visiting nurses and community health practitioners and explore factors that are related with their cultural competency.
METHODS
The subjects of this study were 113 visiting nurses and 103 community health practitioners working in Gangwon-do. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire on May 24, 2011. The SPSS/WIN 17.0 program was used for data analysis.
RESULTS
The average score for cultural competency of visiting nurses was 2.76+/-0.60 and that of community health practitioners 2.91+/-0.51. Most of subjects received no multicultural education (78.0% for nurses, 85.7% for community health nurses). Factors influencing cultural competency were number of service experience for multicultural clients and participation of multicultural education.
CONCLUSION
It is necessary to develop systematic educational programs to enhance the cultural competency of nurses.

Keyword

Nurse; Cultural competency

MeSH Terms

Community Health Nursing
Cultural Competency
Surveys and Questionnaires

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