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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedGerchow L, Burka LR, Miner S
Language barriers between nurses and patients: a scoping review.
This systematic review explored how research has examined the nursing workforce with respect to language barriers and identifies gaps for further research. Four databases were used to identify 48 studies representing 16 countries. Most studies were qualitative, with the inpatient setting most commonly studied. Studies were coded for data analysis. Coding produced four themes: interpreter use/misuse, barriers to and facilitators of quality care, cultural competence, and interventions. Regardless of setting, country, or language, nurses noted like experiences and applied similar strategies.
AHRQ-funded; HS023593.
Citation: Gerchow L, Burka LR, Miner S .
Language barriers between nurses and patients: a scoping review.
Patient Educ Couns 2021 Mar;104(3):534-53. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.09.017..
Keywords: Cultural Competence, Communication, Provider: Nurse, Provider
Squires A, Miner S, Liang E
How language barriers influence provider workload for home health care professionals: A secondary analysis of interview data.
Increasingly, patients with limited English proficiency are accessing home health care services in the United States. Few studies have examined how language barriers influence provider role implementation or workload in the home health care setting. The objective of this study was to explore home health care professionals' perspectives about how workload changes from managing language barriers influence quality and safety in home health care.
AHRQ-funded; HS023593.
Citation: Squires A, Miner S, Liang E .
How language barriers influence provider workload for home health care professionals: A secondary analysis of interview data.
Int J Nurs Stud 2019 Nov;99:103394. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103394..
Keywords: Home Healthcare, Cultural Competence, Communication, Provider, Healthcare Delivery
Purnell TS, Marshall JK, Olorundare I
Provider perceptions of the organization's cultural competence climate and their skills and behaviors targeting patient-centered care for socially at-risk populations.
As part of a cultural competence needs assessment study at a large academic health care system, the study authors conducted a survey among 1,220 practicing physicians to assess their perceptions of the organization's cultural competence climate and their skills and behaviors targeting patient-centered care for culturally and socially diverse patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS024600.
Citation: Purnell TS, Marshall JK, Olorundare I .
Provider perceptions of the organization's cultural competence climate and their skills and behaviors targeting patient-centered care for socially at-risk populations.
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2018;29(1):481-96. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2018.0032..
Keywords: Cultural Competence, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Provider, Vulnerable Populations
Tucker CM, Wall WA, Wippold G
Development of an inventory for health-care office staff to self-assess their patient-centered cultural sensitivity.
The researchers sought to determine the psychometric properties of the Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Office Staff Inventory-Self-Assessment Form (T-CSHCOSI-SAF). They found that this inventory has 2 factors with high internal consistency reliability. They concluded that the T-CSHCOSI-SAF is a useful inventory for health-care office staff to assess their own level of patient-centered cultural sensitivity and that it can be used in the development and implementation of trainings to promote patient-centered cultural sensitivity of health-care office staff.
AHRQ-funded; HS013151; HS010726.
Citation: Tucker CM, Wall WA, Wippold G .
Development of an inventory for health-care office staff to self-assess their patient-centered cultural sensitivity.
Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol 2016 Apr 27;3. doi: 10.1177/2333392816629600.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Cultural Competence, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Primary Care, Provider