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. 2013 Sep 30;4(2):e10–e17.

Table 2.

Family medicine residents’ self-perceived global health knowledge

Self-perceived Knowledge Confidence Score * (%)
Language barrier and adverse impact on health and health care 63.25
Access to health care for low income nations 44.24
Relationship between income and health 79.52
Relationship between work and health 70.91
SEP and impact on health 75.30
Environmental health and socioeconomic position 58.13
Relationship between housing and health status 67.77
SEP and food security confidence 64.46
Health outcome discrepancies among different groups in Canada 54.82
Mechanisms for why racial and ethnic disparities exist 44.58
Racial stereotyping and medical decision making 46.39
Gender and access to health care 54.22
*

Average percentage of self-perceived knowledge for each domain varied between 0–1; (item scale: 0 = not at all confident; 0.5 = somewhat confident; 1 = very confident).