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Table 2 Interview guide

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

1. What does your service provide? Who is your clientele and how diverse are they?

2. In your own words, what is cultural competence?

3. Do you feel that you offer culturally appropriate mental health care?

4. Are there any systemic barriers to delivering culturally competent mental health care? Prompt: Funding, access to interpreters, time for consultation?

5. Is there an attempt to evaluate what is culturally competent/culturally appropriate mental health care in your practice?

6. What patient factors make delivering culturally appropriate mental health care easier?

7. What patient factors make delivering culturally appropriate mental health care difficult?

8. What kind of support do you have in regards to delivering culturally appropriate mental health care?

9. What do you think is the attitude around cultural competence in your profession?

10. If you could change things, what would you do to make delivering culturally appropriate mental health care in your profession easier?