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Table 4.

Students’ responses before and after the Programme as “agree” or “strongly agree” with each statement

Statements	n	Pre %	Post %	p-value
There are differences in my upbringing compared to Pacific Peoples	77	79.2	74.0	0.2897
I am interested in learning more about Pacific Peoples	78	92.3	91.9	0.9657
Understanding a Pacific patient’s cultural perspective on health is essential to the provision of effective health care	77	89.6	92.1	0.0402^a
I am conscious of cultural differences when interacting with people from other cultures	78	76.9	90.9	0.0041^a
I am open to learning new things in a different environment	78	92.3	94.8	0.0458^a
I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures	78	89.8	97.4	0.0169^a
I am open to living in a culture that is unfamiliar to me	78	65.4	80.3	0.0175^a
I show the same regard for other cultural points of view as I do for my own culture	78	91.0	93.5	0.2964
I know about Pacific cultural values and/or protocols	78	21.8	89.5	<0.0001^a
I know about Pacific traditional health beliefs and/or practices	78	10.3	77.9	<0.0001^a
I know about the main health challenges of Pacific peoples living in NZ	70	22.9	65.1	<0.0001^a

^aStatistically significant