Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Students, Faculty, and Practitioners from India and USA
- Title
- Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Students, Faculty, and Practitioners from India and USA
- Creator
- Raval V.V.; Gopal B.; Aggarwal P.; Mohan M.P.; Padmakumari P.; Thomas E.; Luebbe A.M.; Hay M.C.
- Description
- Although the need to train clinicians to provide effective mental health care to individuals from diverse backgrounds has been recognized worldwide, a bulk of what we know about training in cultural competence (CC) is based on research conducted in the United States. Research on CC in mental health training from different world populations is needed due to the context-dependent nature of CC. Focusing on India and USA, two diverse countries that provide complementary contexts to examine CC, we explored graduate students, practicing clinicians, and faculty members perspectives regarding CCtraining they received/provided and future training needs using mixed-methods. The data were collected using focus groups (n = 25 groups total: 15 in India, 11 in USA), and a survey (n = 800: 450 in India, 350 in USA). Our data highlight the salient social identities in these countries, and the corresponding constituents of CC training. Participants in India described a practical emphasis to their CC training (e.g., learning about CC through life experiences and clinical practice experiences) more so than through coursework, whereas participants in USA described varying levels of courseworkrelated toCC along with practice. Participants in both countries considered enormity of CC as a challenge, while those in the US also identified CC training limited to a white, straight, male perspective, hesitancy in engaging with diversity topics, and limited time and competence of the faculty. Strengths of CC training in India and USA are mutually informative in generating recommendations for enhancing the training in both countries. The Author(s) 2024.
- Source
- Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, Vol-48, No. 4, pp. 699-730.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer
- Subject
- Cultural competence; Diversity; Graduate mental health training; India; USA
- Coverage
- Raval V.V., Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States, Department of Psychology, Miami University, 90 N Patterson Ave., Oxford, 45056, OH, United States; Gopal B., CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India; Aggarwal P., Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States; Mohan M.P., CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India; Padmakumari P., Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India; Thomas E., CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India; Luebbe A.M., Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States; Hay M.C., Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
- Rights
- All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 0165005X; PubMed ID: 38954183; CODEN: CMPSD
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Raval V.V.; Gopal B.; Aggarwal P.; Mohan M.P.; Padmakumari P.; Thomas E.; Luebbe A.M.; Hay M.C., “Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Students, Faculty, and Practitioners from India and USA,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 25, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/12758.