title: Physicians' cultural competency as perceived by African American patients.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the association between African American patients' perceptions of physician cultural competency and patient satisfaction with the visit, independent of other factors, including physician and patient race concordance. African American participants were surveyed at urban clinics. Cultural competency (Perceived Cultural Competency scale) was based on the 3-factor model that includes patients' perception of (1) physicians' cultural knowledge, (2) physicians' cultural awareness, and (3) physicians' cultural skill. The results confirmed that patients' perceptions of physician cultural competency are independently associated with satisfaction with the visit. These results further validate use of the Perceived Cultural Competency scale as a tool to measure patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Division of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. gmichalo@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michalopoulou
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Falzarano
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arfken
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001364:Awareness; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception