Measuring Organizational Cultural Competence to Promote Diversity in Academic Healthcare Organizations

Purpose: To evaluate what drives respondent perceptions of health system organizational cultural competence. Methods: We estimated associations between survey respondent (n=3506) demographic characteristics, length of employment, position, and place of work and their reported perceptions of institut...

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Published in:Health Equity
Main Authors: Jaya Aysola, Diana Harris, Hairong Huo, Charmaine S. Wright, Eve Higginbotham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2018-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2018.0007
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Summary:Purpose: To evaluate what drives respondent perceptions of health system organizational cultural competence. Methods: We estimated associations between survey respondent (n=3506) demographic characteristics, length of employment, position, and place of work and their reported perceptions of institutional culture. Results: In adjusted analyses, respondents self-identifying as non-Hispanic black versus non-Hispanic whites, females versus males, and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer versus heterosexuals were significantly less likely to rank the cultural competence of their organization above average. Conclusion: Minorities and women were less likely to rank their organization as culturally competent. Organizational efforts to achieve cultural competency would benefit from measuring this factor to target their efforts.
ISSN:2473-1242