The study introduced and evaluated the new Dental Providers’ Cross-Cultural KnowledgeTest (DP-CC-KT-50) designed to have utility to: 1) assess dental providers’ and dental students’ cross-cultural knowledge; 2) serve as a brief online e-health intervention for increasing the crosscultural knowledge of dental providers in training or currently in practice; and 3) provide an outline of topics to be covered in a cross-cultural curriculum for use in dental schools and continuing education for providers.
Using the new tool, dental providers (N= 155) and dental students (N=337) were found to have a moderate level of knowledge; and, over 96% recommended the tool to others as a brief online e-health intervention, and as an outline providing topics for a cross-cultural curriculum for use in dental schools and continuing education for providers.
Findings showed for both dental providers and dental students that the experience of taking the DP-CC-KT-50 with all “True” answers served as a brief online e-health intervention that resulted in: self-ratings for level of knowledge for the topics in the DP-CC-KT- 50 being significantly higher after taking it; self-ratings of self-efficacy for effectively delivering oral health care to diverse patients being significantly higher after taking it; and, a moderate positive impact for (a) being more open to, interested in, or motivated for providing oral health care to diverse patients, (b) having more understanding about the lives, experiences, and external societal influences on diverse patients, (c) having more empathy and compassion for diverse patients, and (d) shifting or changing some of their attitudes and beliefs about diverse patients.
The DP-CC-KT-50 emerged as the most up-to-date and comprehensive tool for determining what providers and dental students know about cultural competence and cross-cultural oral health care service delivery with contemporary diverse patients; and for conducting research in this area. The DP-CC-KT-50 is recommended in research with nationally representative samples, and for assessment and research by dental schools as they pursue improvement in dental education. More immediately, the DP-CC-KT-50 is recommended for dissemination as a brief online e-health intervention to improve cross-cultural knowledge and self-efficacy for working with diverse patients—both within and beyond the dental profession.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:columbia.edu/oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/v9eq-r838 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Mutis, Martha J. |
| Source Sets | Columbia University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Theses |
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