癌症护理术语在非洲语言
Hannah Simba1,2, Miriam Mutebi3, Moses Galukande4
1Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France.
JAMA network open
|August 30, 2024
概括
非洲语言中的癌症术语往往带有负面含义,阻碍了沟通和护理. 文化敏感的翻译对于提高癌症意识和减少非洲各地的健康差异至关重要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 医学语言学 医学语言学
- 卫生传播健康传播
背景情况:
- 有效的患者-提供者沟通对于最佳的癌症护理至关重要.
- 非洲医疗保健机构的沟通,特别是关于癌症的沟通,是研究不足的.
- 了解医学术语的文化背景是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 检查非洲语言中癌症和瘤学术语的翻译和文化含义.
- 确定这些翻译如何影响非洲的癌症护理和意识.
主要方法:
- 一项跨国在线调查在32个非洲国家进行.
- 参与者包括医疗保健专业人员,社区卫生工作者,研究人员,科学家和传统治疗师.
- 16个关键的癌症/瘤学术语被翻译并使用专题分析分析其含义.
主要成果:
- 从44种非洲语言收集了107个答案.
- "癌症"的翻译包括语音/借用 (32%),未知 (28%),中性 (22%) 和负面 (18%) 的含义.
- 恐惧和死亡的负面内涵在"恶性"和"放射治疗"等术语中普遍存在,放射治疗与灼热感相关.
结论:
- 非洲语言中的癌症和瘤学术语可以引起恐惧,并制造护理障碍.
- 现有的翻译可能会导致健康差异和沟通挑战.
- 发展文化敏感的术语对于提高癌症意识和改善非洲医疗保健环境中的沟通至关重要.
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