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Table 3 Participants’ confidence to apply culturally safe practices in the healthcare setting before, after and two months after attending a cultural education workshop

From: Does one workshop on respecting cultural differences increase health professionals’ confidence to improve the care of Australian Aboriginal patients with cancer? An evaluation

How confident are you…

Pre-workshop (n = 36–38)

Post-workshop (n = 31)

Two months follow up (n = 24–25)

Not at all/ a little bit n(%)

Fairly/ extremely n(%)

Not at all/ a little bit n(%)

Fairly/ extremely n(%)

Not at all/ a little bit n(%)

Fairly/ extremely n(%)

1… to interact with people from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultures?

11 (28.9)

27 (71.1)

6 (19.4)

25 (80.6)

3 (12.0)

22 (88.0)

2… to initiate conversations with people from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultures?

13 (34.2)

25 (65.8)

5 (16.1)

26 (83.9)

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)

3… to talk about cancer with people from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultures?

18 (48.6)

19 (51.4)

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)

5 (20.0)

20 (80.0)*

4… to identify your beliefs or assumptions about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultures?

30 (78.9)

8 (21.1)

10 (32.3)

21 (67.7)*

8 (32.0)

17 (68.0)*

5… to reflect on how your beliefs or assumptions influence your interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in your healthcare practice?

28 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

6 (19.4)

25 (80.6)**

6 (24.0)

19 (76.0)*

6… in your knowledge of the location of Aboriginal communities in rural and remote WA?

33 (86.8)

5 (13.2)

24 (77.4)

7 (22.6)

15 (62.5)

9 (37.5)

7… in your knowledge and understanding of the social circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in your care?

32 (82.1)

7 (17.9)

11 (35.5)

20 (64.5)**

6 (24.0)

19 (76.0)**

8… to build trust between yourself and Aboriginal patients and their families?

22 (59.5)

15 (40.5)

6 (19.4)

25 (80.6)*

5 (20.0)

20 (80.0)*

9… to respectfully engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose attitudes and values to health are different from your own?

20 (54.1)

17 (45.9)

4 (12.9)

27 (87.1)*

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)*

10… to discern whether your communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients is effective or ineffective?

25 (69.4)

11 (30.6)

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)*

11 (44.0)

14 (56.0)

11… to seek help for any problem you encounter in caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients?

15 (40.5)

22 (59.5)

1 (3.2)

30 (96.8)*

1 (4.0)

24 (96.0)*

12… to collaborate with Aboriginal colleagues around delivering health care to Aboriginal patients?

15 (40.5)

22 (59.5)

5 (16.1)

26 (83.9)

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)*

13… to collaborate with non-Aboriginal colleagues around delivering health care to Aboriginal patients?

16 (44.4)

20 (55.6)

2 (6.5)

29 (93.5)*

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)*

14… that you work in a team that delivers culturally safe care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients?

16 (43.2)

21 (56.8)

2 (6.5)

29 (93.5)*

3 (12.0)

22 (88.0)*

  1. *0.01 ≤ p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Compared to baseline, a significantly greater proportion of participants were fairly/extremely confident about this item after the workshop