title: Enhancing cultural competency in home care nurses caring for hispanic/latino patients.
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.
authors: Anne M. Grady, MS, RN, is a QA Nurse/Nurse Educator, Personal Touch Home Care, West Springfield, Massachusetts, and Adjunct Nursing Faculty, Elms College, Chicopee, Massachusetts.
authors: Anne M
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authors: Grady
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D064691:Nurses, Community Health / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States