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The Validity and Reliability Testing of a Consumer-Based Cultural Competency Inventory

Llewellyn J. Cornelius

University of Maryland, lcorneli{at}ssw.umaryland.edu

Naomi C. Booker

Naomi Booker and Associates

Thomas E. Arthur

Maryland Health Partners

Iris Reeves

Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration

Oscar Morgan

Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration

A statewide data collection effort was implemented to assess the validity and reliability of a 52-item consumer assessment instrument of the cultural competency mental health providers. Following a 2-year, community-driven instrument development process, a consumer assessment tool was administered to 238 African American, Latino, and Vietnamese American mental health consumers across the state of Maryland. A subsequent principal components analysis indicated that 44 of the 52 items loaded on one of four factors, which accounted for 52% of the variance in the principal components analysis. It was also found that the overall instrument had a Cronbach’s alpha of .92. The authors conclude that although these findings suggest this scale has good psychometric properties and can be used as a clinical tool in the assessment of the cultural competency of mental health providers, more work is needed to finetune the scale.

Key Words: validity • cultural competency • minorities • Blacks • Latinos

Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 14, No. 3, 201-209 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503257886
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