Table 2. Predictors of Latino knowledge, cultural competence, and comfort with Latino patients.
| Predictor Variables | Latino knowledge (n=145) | Cultural competence (n=140) | Comfort w/ Latino patients (n=142) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. | t | Coef. | t | Coef. | t | ||||
| Social interaction with Latinos in the past year | 1.03 | 1.06 | 6.00 | 3.09 | ** | -0.41 | -0.19 | ||
| Have visited a Spanish-speaking country | 0.85 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.28 | |||
| Ever lived in a Spanish-speaking country | 1.12 | 1.02 | 6.22 | 2.86 | ** | 3.61 | 1.57 | ||
| Had some clinical experience with Latinos | 1.35 | 1.04 | 2.21 | 0.74 | 5.66 | 1.87 | |||
| Completed a population health class | -0.24 | -0.31 | -1.04 | -0.66 | 1.28 | 0.79 | |||
| Some Spanish proficiency | 1.87 | 2.72 | ** | 4.57 | 3.28 | ** | 2.43 | 1.69 | |
| Female1 | -0.53 | -0.86 | 1.09 | 0.89 | -0.56 | -0.43 | |||
| White2 | -3.70 | -2.03 | * | -9.19 | -2.57 | * | -11.26 | -2.98 | ** |
| Black2 | -4.00 | -1.87 | -14.25 | -3.39 | ** | -16.11 | -3.63 | ** | |
| Other2 | -4.63 | -2.46 | * | -10.75 | -2.90 | ** | -12.24 | -3.12 | ** |
| Age | 0.09 | 0.71 | 0.40 | 1.53 | 0.13 | 0.48 | |||
| School 23 | 0.06 | 0.08 | -2.76 | -1.86 | -1.20 | -0.75 | |||
| School 33 | 1.14 | 0.94 | -2.14 | -0.86 | 0.66 | 0.26 | |||
| Constant | 13.29 | 3.28 | 50.64 | 6.34 | 47.34 | 5.55 | |||
1Male is the reference group; 2Hispanic is the reference group; 3School 1 is the reference group
*p < 0.5; **p < 0.01