OBJECTIVE To study interpreters' experiences of problems in cross-cultural communication with special regard to the general practitioner (GP)-patient encounter. DESIGN A focus-group interview with authorized interpreters was carried out. A phenomenographic method was used in the analysis. SETTING Primary health care. RESULTS The interpreters displayed a number of problems mainly related t...

When we think of mobility in technical terms, we think of topics such as bandwidth, resource management, location, and wireless networks. When we think of mobility in social or cultural terms, a different set of topics come into view: pilgrimage and religious practice, globalization and economic disparities, migration and cultural identity, daily commutes and the suburbanization of cities. In t...

This paper draws upon the findings of an evaluation of “More than a Game”, a sport-focused youth mentoring program in Melbourne, Australia that aimed to develop a community-based resilience model using team-based sports to address issues of identity, belonging, and cultural isolation amongst young Muslim men in order to counter forms of violent extremism. In this essay we focus specifically on ...

Cultural factors such as health care access and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptom interpretations have been proposed as impacting delayed diagnosis and treatment for African American children with ASD. A qualitative study of urban African American families caring for their child with autism was conducted with 24 family members and 28 ASD professionals. Cultural caring meant families protec...

Recently, a new printing process in effect rather like the double images of early stereography appeared, through which fixed concentration on a certain point apparently produced a powerful holographic illusion. A display of posters featuring this process attracted fl‰neurs to a well-known Melbourne bookshop window; the crowd was divided into those muttering "I don't see anything", broken every ...

How do women from patriarchal cultures adapt to gender equality and feminism in the Great Plains? How do women from Eastern Europe change as a result of living in a gender-neutral environment? The study (I) identifies the major cultural differences that Eastern European women perceive between gender-related norms in Eastern Europe and the American Midwest, (2) examines the strategies that women...