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Intercultural mediation in mental health care
2021As healthcare systems are challenged to respond to the linguistic and cultural diversity that accompanies migrations, a common response is the deployment of the figure of the ‘intercultural mediator’ (ICM). This chapter will explore some of the key issues related to intercultural mediation that complicate the ICM being an effective component of ...
Adil Qureshi
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Medical Terminology in Intercultural Health Interactions
Health Communication, 2020The terminology and jargon used in medical interactions can pose particular challenges to understanding for patients, healthcare providers, and mediators in cases where a language barrier is present. Common medical words used in the interactional space may mean different things to each party present.
Jennifer Watermeyer +2 more
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[Intercultural health and the indigenous health model].
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia), 2023The indigenous population has lower living conditions reflected in higher morbidity and mortality despite the coverage of the Health System, so it is important to know the causes of these differences. For this, Interculturality is used as a bridge between western culture and indigenous culture.
Mirlelly, Aguilar-Peña +2 more
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Health informatics: an intercultural perspective.
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2007Health informatics is a significant contribution to health care. It provides health professionals with powerful technologies to enhance their performance in caring for patients. The introduction of health informatics has added a new dimension in the health discourse.
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Intercultural communication for health personnel
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 1983Abstract In order to develop successful health care delivery systems, both in the United States and abroad, health service workers need to understand various cultural orientations and to communicate effectively within the cultures. The authors discuss the cultural implications of health problems in three countries, the need for training health ...
Elizabeth Berry +3 more
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[Community health and interculturality].
Revue de l'infirmiere, 2018An interventional research study in public health was carried out with populations originating from sub-Saharan Africa living in France. With the aim of acting on health inequalities through health education, the researchers focused notably on the links between intercultural relationships and the improvement of health promotion actions.
Gildas, Vieira +2 more
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The Politics of Belonging and Intercultural Health Care
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2003Belonging was one of the recurrent themes in an ethnography examining the social context of intergroup health care relations. Certain people, both patients and health care providers, were constructed as belonging in the social fabric of health care, whereas some were left on the mar-gins and constructed as Other.
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Intercultural health in Ecuador: an asymmetrical and incomplete project
Anthropology & Medicine, 2018Intimate connections between culture and health are complicated by various understandings of the human body, divergent beliefs about reality and place-bound theories about healing. Health care systems in various countries are modified with a goal of creating 'hybrid' structures that make room for traditional practices within a dominant Western model ...
Diego, Herrera +3 more
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Best Practices in Intercultural Health
2007This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped focus the discussion on the importance of intercultural health practices to promote indigenous ...
John O'Neill +2 more
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