Investigating the Relationship between School Counseling Site Supervisors' Characteristics, and Perceived Levels of Cultural Humility, Advocacy, and Social Determinants of Health Competencies

This study aimed to understand the relationship between School Counseling Site Supervisors' (SCSS) characteristics, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) training, cultural humility, advocacy competency, and SDOH competency (n = 69). SDOH refers to the factors that inform an individual's physical and mental health. Cultural humility refers to an innate openness and curiosity about individual experiences, perspectives, and culture. Advocacy competency refers to the ability to implement advocacy efforts within an individual's community. Having competency with addressing SDOH in schools, practicing cultural humility, and advocacy competency can help SCSS improve supervision practice within school communities. This study followed a non-experimental, correlational survey research design. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to measure the strength of the relationships between the variables. The data supported statistically significant relationships between SDOH-based supervision training (F(12,51) = 2.59, p < 0.05, R[superscript 2] = 0.38), cultural humility (F(1,67) = 6.17, p < 0.015, R[superscript 2] = 0.08), and advocacy competency (F(1,67) = 9.7, p < 0.003, R[superscript 2] = 0.13) as predictors of SDOH competency. Similar findings were reported in research related to incorporating SDOH trainings with preservice school counselors (Brookover et al., 2022; Johnson & Brookover, 2021; Johnson, Brookover et al., 2022). Furthermore, the study's results support the need for counselor education programs to enhance SCSS training programs to build greater competency in addressing SDOH within the supervision experience and in school communities. Future development of school counselor site supervisor training to address SDOH should include components of cultural humility and school counselor advocacy. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]