Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 25, 2025
07:13
Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform
Published on: April 12, 2021
4.8K
Effective Communication and Knowledge Distribution in Healthcare Interaction with Migrants
Claudio Baraldi1, Laura Gavioli1
1Department of Studies on Language and Culture, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Health Communication
|March 21, 2020
Summary
Effective patient-centered care requires involving migrant patients. Strategies include shared language communication and skilled interpreter services to ensure all patients, including those with limited language proficiency, can participate in their healthcare.
Area of Science:
- Medical Communication
- Sociolinguistics
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Patient-centered care models emphasize patient knowledge and involvement.
- Migrant patients with limited specialized language face significant barriers in healthcare interactions.
- Effective communication strategies are crucial for equitable healthcare access.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and analyze interactional practices that effectively involve migrant patients in healthcare settings.
- To explore how communication strategies can improve knowledge distribution and access for patients with limited language proficiency.
- To highlight the role of both direct clinician-patient communication and interpreter-mediated communication.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of two specific types of interactional sequences in clinical encounters.
- Examination of clinicians' responses to spontaneous patient initiatives (e.g., knowledge claims, narratives).
- Investigation of interpreters' explanations when translating clinician instructions to patients.
Main Results:
- Clinicians' reactions to patients' spontaneous contributions can enhance patient involvement.
- Interpreters' skillful explanations of clinical instructions are effective in promoting patient understanding and participation.
- Both strategies require high levels of communicative competence from healthcare staff, clinicians, and interpreters.
Conclusions:
- Specific interactional sequences can significantly improve the involvement of migrant patients in their care.
- Shared language communication and effective interpreting are vital for overcoming language barriers in healthcare.
- Investing in the communicative competence of healthcare professionals and interpreters is essential for patient-centered care.
Related Concept Videos
01:21Barriers to Effective Communication II
4.5K
The barriers to effective communication also include cultural barriers, semantic barriers, gender barriers, and time constraints.
Cultural barriers:
Differences in values, beliefs, religion, knowledge, and tradition can significantly impact communication. Awareness of nonverbal cues is critical, especially when conversing with a patient from a different culture. What appears appropriate in one culture may be inappropriate in another.
Semantic barriers:
As a result of their tendency to use...
Cultural barriers:
Differences in values, beliefs, religion, knowledge, and tradition can significantly impact communication. Awareness of nonverbal cues is critical, especially when conversing with a patient from a different culture. What appears appropriate in one culture may be inappropriate in another.
Semantic barriers:
As a result of their tendency to use...
4.5K
01:28Communication
9.2K
Sharing information, concepts, and emotions to foster mutual understanding is communication. The sender, recipient, and transaction must be considered in this manner. The sender is the person who shares the message, the recipient is the person who receives and understands the message, and the transaction is the method used to deliver the message and the variables that affect the communication's context and surroundings. The nurse-client connection is built on therapeutic communication.
9.2K
01:03Communication
8.4K
Communication between two animals occurs when one animal transmits an information signal that causes a change in the animal that receives the information. Organisms communicate with one another in a host of different ways. Signals can be auditory, chemical, visual, tactile, or a combination of these. Communication is a critical behavioral adaptation that promotes survival, growth, and reproduction.
8.4K
01:21Health Literacy
5.1K
Health literacy is an individual's or a community's capacity to comprehend, receive, read, and use relevant healthcare information and services. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) defines health literacy as the cognitive and social skills that determine the ability of individuals to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health. As a result, the WHO helps individuals manage long-term health concerns, participate in preventative...
5.1K
01:26Methods Of Healthcare Delivery System
3.9K
At the different levels of the healthcare system, we see varying methods of healthcare used. These methods include managed care systems, case management, and primary healthcare.
Managed Care System:
The managed care system is designed to control the cost while maintaining the quality of care. The patient's care from admission to discharge is planned by the primary care provider or the case manager, also known as the gatekeeper. In a managed care system, the number of care providers is...
Managed Care System:
The managed care system is designed to control the cost while maintaining the quality of care. The patient's care from admission to discharge is planned by the primary care provider or the case manager, also known as the gatekeeper. In a managed care system, the number of care providers is...
3.9K
01:23Nurses' Legal Responsibilities II
1.2K
Establishing a secure, collaborative nurse-patient relationship is crucial for delivering high-quality care. This relationship, founded on trust, respect, and honesty, enhances the patient's comfort and willingness to share vital health information. For example, a nurse who listens actively and without judgment provides clear information about health conditions and treatment options and respects patient decisions, which builds a trusting relationship.
Communication between nurses and...
Communication between nurses and...
1.2K