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Culturally Sensitive Healthcare for Newcomer Immigrants
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Author(s): Jerono P. Rotich (North Carolina A & T State University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 15
Source title:
Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bettina Staudinger (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria), Victoria Höß (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria)and Herwig Ostermann (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-234-3.ch004
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Abstract
This chapter will give an overview of the healthcare-related challenges that most newcomer immigrants and refugees encounter as they acculturate into their new environments in Western countries. It will highlight practical tips that can: enhance the caregiver and patient relationships across cultures and across continents; enhance culturally sensitive healthcare services; and help to create culturally inviting healthcare environments. Current demographics indicate that most developed countries continue to experience a growing influx of cross culturally diverse immigrants and refugees that represent the world’s 210 nations. It is also evident that, although these newcomers enrich their new nations with their diverse backgrounds, language, and cultural differences continues to pose formidable obstacles to their health, healthcare providers and health system in general. While the patients and providers realize the effects of immigration on the quality and access to healthcare, they seem to be overwhelmed by the barriers.
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