Todd Walter

African American Patients' Level of Acculturation Perceived Cultural Sensitivity and Satisfaction With Health Care Todd Walter

Abstract: Patient satisfaction with health care received is predictive of health outcomes including compliance with health care. This research explores the level of acculturation in African American Veteran patients and how it predicts their perceptions of their health provider's cultural sensitivity and their perceived satisfaction with health care received. Implications for health practice and future research are discussed. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "African American Patients' Level of Acculturation Perceived Cultural Sensitivity and Satisfaction With Health Care" by Todd J. Walter, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.