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- Title
Patterns and predictors of cultural competence practice among Nigerian hospital-based healthcare professionals.
- Authors
Ogunlana, Michael O.; Oyewole, Olufemi O.; Aderonmu, Joseph A.; Onyeso, Ogochukwu Kelechi; Faloye, Ayobamigbe Y.; Govender, Pragashnie
- Abstract
Background: Being culturally competent would enhance the quality of care in multicultural healthcare settings like Nigeria, with over 200 million people, 500 languages, and 250 ethnic groups. This study investigated the levels of training and practice of cultural competence among clinical healthcare professionals in two purposively selected Nigerian tertiary hospitals. Methods: The research was a cross-sectional study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to recruit participants who completed the adapted version of Cultural Competence Assessment Instrument (CCAI-UIC). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, ANOVA, and multivariate linear regression. Results: The participants were mainly women (66.4%), aged 34.98 ± 10.18 years, with ≤ 5 years of practice (64.6%). Personal competence had a positive weak correlation with age (p < 0.001), practice years (p = 0.01), training (p = 0.001), practice (p < 0.001), and organisational competence (p < 0.001). There were significant professional differences in the level of training (p = 0.005), and differences in training (p = 0.005), and personal competence (p = 0.015) across levels of educational qualifications. Increasing practise years (p = 0.05), medical/dental profession relative to nursing (p = 0.029), higher personal (p = 0.013), and organisational (p < 0.001) cultural competences were significant predictors of the level of training. Male gender (p = 0.005), higher years in practice (p = 0.05), local language ability (p = 0.037), rehabilitation professionals relative to nursing (p = 0.05), high culturally competent practice (p < 0.001), higher training opportunities (p = 0.013), and higher organisational competence (p = 0.001) were significant predictors of higher personal competence. Conclusion: About a third of the participants had no formal training in cultural competence. Incorporating cultural competence in the Nigerian healthcare professionals' education curricula may enhance the quality of care in the multicultural setting.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; CULTURAL competence; MEDICAL personnel; REHABILITATION nursing; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); MALE nurses; MULTICULTURAL education; CLINICAL competence; ETHNIC groups; INTERPROFESSIONAL education
- Publication
BMC Medical Education, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12909-023-04910-0