Mental Health Providers' Attitudes, Norms, and Beliefs About Cultural Humility in Service Delivery.

ABSTRACT: Cultural humility is an important provider-level strategy for improving engagement and retention in mental health care. Yet, little research has used theoretical frameworks to examine beliefs and intentions to practice with cultural humility among mental health providers. The current study aimed to fill this gap by using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to qualitatively explore beliefs, norms, and attitudes regarding cultural humility practice among a sample of 16 professional mental health providers. Participants were predominately women (89.5%), with an average age of 38 years old (SD = 7.98). Participants completed a 30- to 60-min online interview. Thematic analysis was used to examine patterns and identify overarching themes within TPB constructs of behavioral, normative, and contr

SUBMITTER: Bauer AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528225 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature