Predictors of appropriate use of interpreters: Identifying professional development training needs for labor and delivery clinical staff serving spanish-speaking patients

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1303-1320

  Gurman, Tilly A ^a   Moran, Allisyn ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Diffusion of innovation theory; Health communication; Health professionals; Interpretation services; Latino health; Latinos; Limited english proficient; Maternal health; Medical interpreter; Provider patient communication; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LABOR; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149183067     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0085     Document Type: Article

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