Language as a Barrier to Access to Healthcare among Vietnamese Immigrants

Being Single as a Social Barrier to Access Reproductive Healthcare Services by Iranian Girls

Background Iranian single women are deprived of reproductive healthcare services, though the provision of such services to the public has increased. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Iranian single women on their access to reproductive health services.   Methods A qualitative design using a conventional content analysis method was used. Semi-structured interviews were held with 17 ...

Knowledge of dementia among Vietnamese American immigrants.

Being Single as a Social Barrier to Access Reproductive Healthcare Services by Iranian Girls

BACKGROUND Iranian single women are deprived of reproductive healthcare services, though the provision of such services to the public has increased. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Iranian single women on their access to reproductive health services. METHODS A qualitative design using a conventional content analysis method was used. Semi-structured interviews were held with 17 ...

Language preference as a predictor of access to and use of healthcare services among Hispanics in the United States.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine if Spanish language preference was significantly associated with barriers to healthcare services among a nationally representative sample of Hispanic persons in the United States. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of secondary data. Differences in outcomes between those responding in Spanish and those responding in English were tested usin...

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: The Case for Language Access

This paper aims to provide a description of the need for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) for Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients, an identification of how the lack of CLAS for LEP patients can compromise patient safety and healthcare quality, and discuss barriers to the provision of CLAS.