Prerequisites to providing culturally competent care to Mexican migrant farmworkers: a Delphi study.
The purpose of this study was to identify prerequisites to providing culturally competent care to Mexican migrant farmworkers. A national sample of nurse experts who worked with Mexican migrant farmworkers (N = 93 [50.2%] in round 1; and N = 142 [54.8%] in round 2) participated during the period of August 1998 to April 1999. Using a two-round modified Delphi method, a list of 89 items was generated. The nurse experts agreed that the 89 items identified were prerequisites to cultural competence, showing consensus rates of 85.4% in round 1 and 88.8% in round 2. The prerequisites to culturally competent care identified by participants encompassed caring, cultural sensitivity, cultural knowledge (general/specific), cultural abilities/skills, and others (bi-cultural status; cultural and learning experiences).
Kim-Godwin
Yeoun Soo
YS
School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA. KIMY@uncw.edu
Alexander
Judith W
JW
Felton
Gwen
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Mackey
Marlene C
MC
Kasakoff
Alice
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004645:Empathy; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000208:ethnology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011287:Prejudice; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States