Domestic violence (DV) represents a significant public health concern in the United States, including among Latinx populations. Despite the negative consequences associated with experiencing DV, research has shown that Latinx DV survivors may be less likely than others to utilize important services. One potential barrier is cultural competence (CC) in the provision of services specific to Latinx survivors among DV organizations. Thus, a beneficial addition to the field of DV service provision for such survivors is a better understanding and measurement of CC for this unique population. The exploratory, cross-sectional study herein presents the development and evaluation of a novel instrument for measuring the CC of DV organizations. Exploratory factor analysis was used on a purposive sample of 76 organizations in North Carolina who completed a comprehensive survey on their characteristics, practices, norms, and values. Psychometric results found best support for a 29-item, 4-factor bifactor model with both a general CC factor as well as three sub-factors. The general scale was named “General Cultural Competence,” while the three sub-scales were named “Organizational Values and Procedures,” “Latinx Knowledge and Inclusion,” and “Latinx DV Knowledge.” The final measure also demonstrated convergent validity with key organizational characteristics. Overall, higher CC scores were associated with organizations having more DV services in Spanish, a higher percentage of staff attending CC training, a higher percentage of staff attending Latinx service provision training, and a medium or greater presence in the Latinx community, and a moderate or stronger relationship with the Latinx community. The development of this measure is particularly useful in addressing knowledge gaps regarding the measurement of CC for Latinx DV services. Implications have importance for both the measurement of organizational CC and the scope of the measure’s associations with organizational, provider, and client outcomes.

家庭暴力 (DV) 在美国是一个重要的公共卫生问题，包括拉丁裔人群。尽管体验 DV 会带来负面后果，但研究表明，拉丁裔 DV 幸存者可能比其他人更不可能利用重要服务。一个潜在的障碍是在 DV 组织中为拉丁裔幸存者提供特定服务方面的文化能力 (CC)。因此，为此类幸存者提供 DV 服务领域的有益补充是更好地了解和测量这一独特人群的 CC。本文的探索性横断面研究介绍了一种用于测量 DV 组织 CC 的新工具的开发和评估。探索性因素分析用于北卡罗来纳州 76 个组织的有目的样本，这些组织完成了关于其特征、实践、规范和价值观的全面调查。心理测量结果发现，对具有一般 CC 因素和三个子因素的 29 项、4 因素双因素模型提供了最佳支持。一般量表被命名为“一般文化能力”，而三个子量表被命名为“组织价值观和程序”、“拉丁知识和包容性”和“拉丁 DV 知识”。最后的测量还证明了与关键组织特征的收敛效度。总体而言，较高的 CC 分数与拥有更多西班牙语 DV 服务的组织、参加 CC 培训的员工比例较高、参加拉丁服务提供培训的员工比例较高、以及在拉丁裔社区中的中等或更大的存在，以及与拉丁裔社区的中度或更强的关系。该措施的制定对于解决有关拉丁裔 DV 服务 CC 测量的知识差距特别有用。含义对于组织 CC 的衡量以及衡量与组织、提供者和客户结果的关联范围都很重要。