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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of residents identifying barriers to cross-cultural care, n (%)

From: Examination of resident characteristics associated with interest in primary care and identification of barriers to cross-cultural care

 

Identified barriers to cross-cultural care in clinical practice

 

Lack of experience

Lack of time

Inadequate training

Poor access to interpreters

Lack of non-English materials

Lack of mentors

Dismissive attending attitudes

Dismissive resident attitudes

All (n = 155)

51 (32.9)

116 (74.8)

65 (41.9)

68 (43.9)

107 (69.0)

62 (40.0)

49 (31.6)

51 (32.9)

High Interest in Primary Care (n = 17)

6 (35.3)

14 (82.4)

6 (35.3)

6 (35.3)

12 (70.6)

8 (47.1)

6 (35.3)

6 (35.3)

Race/Ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic (n = 57)

15 (26.3)

45 (78.9)

20 (35.1)

20 (35.1)

39 (68.4)

18 (31.6)

14 (24.6)

15 (26.3)

 Black, non-Hispanic (n = 10)

4 (40.0)

7 (70)

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

7 (70.0)

7 (70.0)

6 (60.0)

6 (60.0)

 Hispanic (n = 12)

6 (50.0)

7 (58.3)

5 (41.7)

5 (41.7)

10 (83.3)

5 (41.7)

6 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

 Asian, non-Hispanic (n = 58)

19 (32.8)

44 (75.9)

29 (50.0)

28 (48.3)

37 (63.8)

25 (43.1)

18 (31.0)

18 (31.0)

 Other (n = 18)

7 (38.9)

13 (72.2)

7 (38.9)

9 (50.0)

14 (77.8)

7 (38.9)

5 (27.8)

6 (33.3)

Male (n = 69)

19 (27.5)

66 (77.6)

29 (42.0)

37 (43.5)

43 (62.3)

23 (33.3)

28 (32.9)

24 (34.8)

Specialty

 Family Medicine (n = 9)

3 (33.3)

7 (77.8)

4 (44.4)

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

5 (55.6)

 Internal Medicine (n = 84)

27 (32.1)

61 (72.6)

40 (47.6)

40 (47.6)

56 (66.7)

35 (41.7)

26 (31.0)

29 (34.5)

 Pediatrics (n = 62)

21 (33.9)

48 (77.4)

21 (33.9)

24 (38.7)

46 (74.2)

23 (37.1)

18 (29.0)

17 (27.4)

Postgraduate year (PGY)

 PGY1 (n = 60)

30 (50.0)*

48 (80)

31 (51.7)

31 (51.7)

42 (70.0)

25 (41.7)

23 (38.3)

24 (40.0)

 PGY2 (n = 44)

8 (18.2)*

30 (68.2)

15 (34.1)

15 (34.1)

30 (68.2)

18 (40.9)

10 (22.7)

9 (20.5)

 PGY3+ (n = 51)

13 (25.5)*

38 (74.5)

19 (37.3)

22 (43.1)

35 (68.6)

19 (37.3)

16 (31.4)

18 (35.3)

Cultural Background

 From a disadvantaged background

  Yes (n = 43)

18 (41.9)

32 (74.4)

24 (55.8)*

24 (55.8)

29 (67.4)

24 (55.8)*

20 (46.5)*

19 (44.2)

  No (n = 112)

33 (29.5)

84 (75.0)

41 (36.6)*

44 (39.3)

78 (69.6)

38 (33.9)*

29 (25.9)*

32 (28.6)

 Multilingual

  Yes (n = 91)

33 (36.3)

67 (73.6)

46 (50.5)*

44 (48.4)

66 (72.5)

43 (47.3)*

37 (40.7)*

36 (39.6)*

  No (n = 64)

18 (28.1)

49 (76.6)

19 (29.7)*

24 (37.5)

41 (64.1)

19 (29.7)*

12 (18.8)*

15 (23.4)*

 Parents born outside of the U.S.

  Yes (n = 102)

38 (37.3)

76 (74.5)

47 (46.1)

49 (48.0)

71 (69.6)

46 (45.1)*

38 (37.3)*

40 (39.2)*

  No (n = 53)

13 (24.5)

40 (75.5)

18 (34.0)

19 (35.8)

36 (67.9)

16 (30.2)*

11 (20.8)*

11 (20.8)*

 International medical graduate

  Yes (n = 10)

2 (20.0)

5 (50.0)*

3 (30.0)

3 (30.0)

5 (50.0)

3 (30.0)

3 (30.0)

3 (30.0)

  No (n = 145)

49 (33.8)

111 (76.6)*

62 (42.3)

65 (44.8)

102 (70.3)

59 (40.7)

46 (31.7)

48 (33.1)

  1. *All P-values < 0.05 and obtained using chi-square test of difference