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J Hosp Med ; 14(10): 607-613, 2019 10 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31339836

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BACKGROUND: Achieving effective communication between medical providers and families with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the hospital is difficult. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to identify barriers to and drivers of effective interpreter service use when caring for hospitalized LEP children from the perspectives of pediatric medical providers and interpreters. DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: We used Group Level Assessment (GLA), a structured qualitative participatory method that allows participants to directly produce and analyze data in an interactive group session. Participants from a single academic children's hospital generated individual responses to prompts and identified themes and relevant action items. Themes were further consolidated by our research team and verified by stakeholder groups. RESULTS: Four GLA sessions were conducted including 64 participants: hospital medicine physicians and pediatric residents (56%), inpatient nursing staff (16%), and interpreter services staff (28%). Barriers identified included: (1) difficulties accessing interpreter services; (2) uncertainty in communication with LEP families; (3) unclear and inconsistent expectations and roles of team members; and (4) unmet family engagement expectations. Drivers of effective communication were: (1) utilizing a team-based approach between medical providers and interpreters; (2) understanding the role of cultural context in providing culturally effective care; (3) practicing empathy for patients and families; and (4) using effective family-centered communication strategies. CONCLUSIONS: Participants identified unique barriers and drivers that impact communication with LEP patients and their families during hospitalization. Future directions include exploring the perspective of LEP families and utilizing team-based and family-centered communication strategies to standardize and improve communication practices.


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Hospitals, Pediatric/organization & administration , Inpatients , Limited English Proficiency , Physician-Patient Relations , Attitude of Health Personnel , Child , Communication Barriers , Empathy , Hospitals, Pediatric/standards , Humans , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Professional Role/psychology , Qualitative Research , Translating
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Community Ment Health J ; 51(5): 540-5, 2015 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25536943

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Although the prevalence of mental illness is similar across ethnic groups, a large disparity exists in the utilization of services. Mental health attributions, causal beliefs regarding the etiology of mental illness, may contribute to this disparity. To understand mental health attributions across diverse ethnic backgrounds, we conducted focus groups with African American (n = 8; 24 %), Asian American (n = 6; 18 %), Latino/Hispanic (n = 9; 26 %), and White (n = 11; 32 %) participants. We solicited attributions about 19 mental health disorders, each representing major sub-categories of the DSM-IV. Using a grounded theory approach, participant responses were categorized into 12 themes: Biological, Normalization, Personal Characteristic, Personal Choice, Just World, Spiritual, Family, Social Other, Environment, Trauma, Stress, and Diagnosis. Results indicate that ethnic minorities are more likely than Whites to mention spirituality and normalization causes. Understanding ethnic minority mental health attributions is critical to promote treatment-seeking behaviors and inform culturally responsive community-based mental health services.


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Asian/psychology , Black or African American/psychology , Hispanic or Latino/psychology , Mental Disorders/ethnology , Mental Disorders/psychology , White People/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Culture , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Female , Focus Groups , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice/ethnology , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/etiology , Middle Aged , Sociological Factors , Spirituality , United States , Young Adult
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