2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0325-y
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Barriers Beyond Words: Cancer, Culture, and Translation in a Community of Russian Speakers

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Language and culture relate in complex ways. Addressing this complexity in the context of language translation is a challenge when caring for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP).OBJECTIVE: To examine processes of care related to language, culture and translation in an LEP population is the objective of this study. DESIGN:We used community based participatory research to examine the experiences of Russian-speaking cancer patients in San Francisco, California. A Russian Cancer Information… Show more

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“…Women in Turkey stated in the research made by Guvenc et al (2010) that they preferred to see a female physician and that they were embarrassed to have a smear test. The reasons for the barrier are reported, as in some other studies (Kim et al, 1999;Nguyen et al, 2000;Paskettet al, 2004;Dohan et al, 2007;Allahverdipour & Emami, 2008), to be caused by religious and cultural factors. Wong et al (2008) reported, for example, that due to religious affiliation and cultural beliefs, Muslim women in particular felt most comfortable with female health care providers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
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“…Women in Turkey stated in the research made by Guvenc et al (2010) that they preferred to see a female physician and that they were embarrassed to have a smear test. The reasons for the barrier are reported, as in some other studies (Kim et al, 1999;Nguyen et al, 2000;Paskettet al, 2004;Dohan et al, 2007;Allahverdipour & Emami, 2008), to be caused by religious and cultural factors. Wong et al (2008) reported, for example, that due to religious affiliation and cultural beliefs, Muslim women in particular felt most comfortable with female health care providers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…The studies on the issue (Dohan et al, 2007;Allahverdipour & Emami, 2008) have yielded to similar results, emphasizing that lack of knowledge, cultural values and religious beliefs cause a significant barrier. Especially in Eastern and Asian societies, barriers are significantly caused by the privacy of woman's body, their lack of a say on their own lives, their traditional roles in meeting the needs of their family before their own needs and their thought that there is no need for them to see a doctor in the absence of any symptoms for a diseases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 67%
“…While having a family advocate present for these discussions may be beneficial even for English-speaking patients, there is evidence that ad-hoc family interpreters commit a higher rate of errors 41 and may also attempt to shield the patient from information they are uncomfortable discussing with their loved ones. 42,43 Our findings have important implications for hospital systems seeking to improve quality and decrease disparities for patients with LEP. First, the impact of the bedside interpreter phone intervention may be generalizable to other hospital systems with similar patient populations and should be considered as an effective method to improve informed consent and decrease communication disparities for patients with LEP.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…22,23 These unique barriers may contribute to observed disparities in care. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Strategies shown to modestly increase preventive cancer screening rates in low income and limited English proficiency populations have included both mailed reminders with educational information for patients and physician-directed efforts to increase recommendation rates. [32][33][34] Recently, "navigator programs" specifically designed to overcome patients' perceived barriers to screening have been evaluated.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%