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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: How do mental health practitioners operationalise cultural competency in everyday practice? A qualitative analysis

Characteristics

Counsellors (n = 4)

Clinicians (Psychologists/Psychiatrists) (n = 6)

Nurses (Refugee health/Mental health) (n = 5)

Social workers (n = 2)

Other (n = 3)

Age range (m)

38–53 (45.25)

28–49 (37.5)

31–57 (38.4)

24–39 (31.5)

37–58 (49.67)

Gender

 Male

0

3

0

0

1

 Female

4

3

5

2

2

Ethnicity

 Anglo-Australian

2

1

4

2

0

 South-American

1

0

0

0

0

 Middle-Eastern

1

0

0

0

1

 South-Asian

0

2

0

0

2

 East-Asian

0

2

0

0

0

 South-East Asian

0

1

0

0

0

 West-African

0

0

1

0

0

Years lived in Australia

Range (m)

6–38 (25.25)

9–40 (28.5)

7–38 (28.4)

24–39 (32.5)

8.5–54 (38.16)

Language other than Englisha

 Spanish

1

 

0

0

0

 Arabic

1

 

0

0

1

 Hindi

0

1

0

0

1

 Vietnamese

0

2

0

0

0

 Urdu

0

1

0

0

0

 Bengali

0

1

0

0

0

 Ghan

0

 

1

0

0

 Twi

0

 

1

0

0

 Ga

0

 

1

0

0

 None

2

2

4

2

1

Years of experience in role

Range (m)

8–20 (11.75)

1–15 (8.67)

2–34 (11.9)

0.5–15 (7.75)

1.5–23 (13.5)

Locationb

 Metro (M)

3

6

2

1

2

 Rural (R)

1

1

3

1

1

  1. asome professionals were multi-lingual and might be counted several times
  2. bsome professionals work in both M and R so they maybe counted twice