首选语言对围产期健康的影响
Elissa Dunlap1, Heather L Brumberg1
1Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Seminars in perinatology
|December 18, 2025
概括
患者喜欢使用除英语以外的语言 (LOE) 面临医疗保健差异. 改善医疗口译员的使用对于在产前期改善母亲和婴儿健康结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健中的差异
- 母婴健康 孕产妇和婴儿健康
- 医学解释 医学解释
背景情况:
- 语言障碍给那些偏爱英语以外的语言 (LOE) 的患者带来了显著的医疗差异.
- 对授权医疗口译员的低优化利用加剧了这些差异.
- 患有LOE偏好的患者在获得护理,接受适当咨询方面遇到挑战,并面临医疗错误的风险增加.
研究的目的:
- 审查LOE偏好对围产期健康结果的影响.
- 探索质量改进举措,以增加口译员的使用,促进语言平等.
- 确定解决围产期护理中的语言障碍的未来方向.
主要方法:
- 文献综述检查了关于LOE偏好和围产期健康的研究.
- 分析影响医学口译员使用情况的因素.
- 讨论质量改善策略.
主要成果:
- 新出现的证据表明,LOE偏好患者的母亲和婴儿健康结果更差.
- 非最佳的口译使用是公平护理的关键障碍.
- 有针对性的质量改善举措可以提高口译员的使用率.
结论:
- 解决语言障碍对于改善围产期健康平等至关重要.
- 医疗口译员使用量的持续增加至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究和有针对性的干预措施,以支持LOE患者在整个产前期的旅程.
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