A preliminary research on transcultural capacity in global public health: from the view of public health professionals

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Background Transcultural capacity is a key component of consolidated global public health assistance cooperation (GPHAC). The aim of this study is to investigate the transcultural capacity perceptions of public health professionals from China’s disease control and prevention system after relative training in order to provide a reference for enhancing transcultural capacity during the practice of GPHAC. Methods A cross sectional qualitative survey in which self-administrated questionnaire with 5 open ended questions was used. The questionnaire was disseminated on the completion of an online training for China’s senior public health professions on transcultural capacity in GPHAC. Descriptive statistics, word frequency analysis and content analysis were used to analyze the questionnaire data. Results Totally, 45 participants took part in this training, 25 of them voluntarily participated in this survey. The participants demonstrated the need for transcultural competence in public health services and suggested improvement in the course content arising from their wealth of knowledge and practical experience in the field. 96% of the participants considered that the training course was “very necessary” and “meaningful”. The most interested topics were “Overview of transcultural adaptation and GPHAC”, “Transcultural adaptation and response” and “African culture and health”. The contents about “Country-specific analysis on cultural factors in public health”, “rapid transcultural adapt

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Artigo

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Saúde

Ano

2023

Idioma

Inglês

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CC BY

DOI

10.1186/s12889-023-15312-8

Como citar (ABNT)

NING, Feng et al.. A preliminary research on transcultural capacity in global public health: from the view of public health professionals. BMC Public Health, v. 23, n. 1, 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15312-8.