Ben Karlin

Posts Tagged ‘Patient-Provider Communication’

What are they talking about?

In Journal on 11 June 2009 at 21:46

Interpreting is supposed to be about a transfer of meaning across language and culture.  It is a lot easier to do when you know what the meaning is.

Here’s a little something from Journal of Attention Disorders that may help you understand how it’s done in a monolingual setting.

A Linguistic Analysis of In-Office Dialogue Among Psychiatrists, Parents, and Child and Adolescent Patients With ADHD
Robert L. Findling, Daniel F. Connor, Timothy Wigal, Corey Eagan, and Meaghan Nelson Onofrey
J Atten Disord 2009;13 78-86

Clinical Pediatrics

In Uncategorized on 31 May 2009 at 04:15

A variety of articles from Clinical Pediatrics:

A Broken Heart—The Physician’s Role: Bereaved Parents’ Perceptions of Interactions with Physicians
Katherine L. Bright, Marlene Belew Huff, and Karen Hollon
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2009;48 376-382

Knowledge and Management of Fever Among Latino Parents
Michael Crocetti, Bruce Sabath, Lisa Cranmer, Sasha Gubser, and Danielle Dooley

Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2009;48 183-189

Pathogens Causing Recurrent and Difficult-to-Treat Acute Otitis Media, 2003-2006
Michael E. Pichichero, Janet R. Casey, Alejandro Hoberman, and Richard Schwartz
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2008;47 901-906

Please Don’t Call My Mom: Pediatric Consent and Confidentiality
Courtenay R. Bruce, Stacey L. Berg, and Amy L. McGuire
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2009;48 243-246

Spanish-Speaking Patients Perceive High Quality Care in Resident Continuity Practices: A CORNET Study
Scott D. Krugman, Lilia Parra-Roide, Wendy L. Hobson, Lynn C. Garfunkel, and Janet R. Serwint
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2009;48 304-310

American Journal of Medical Quality

In Uncategorized on 31 May 2009 at 03:53

Commentary: State Snapshots—A Picture of Unacceptable Variation: Are We Destined to Live With “Geography Is Destiny”?
Jeffrey Brady, Karen Ho, and Carolyn M. Clancy
American Journal of Medical Quality 2008;23 492-495

End-of-Life Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit: Physician and Nurse Perspectives
Dan M. Westphal and Stefanie Andrea McKee
American Journal of Medical Quality 2009;24 222-228

The Inequality in Health Care Quality
Safiya Abouzaid and Vittorio Maio
American Journal of Medical Quality 2009;24 182-184

Journal: Health Education and Behavior

In Health Care, Health disparities, Journal, Special populations on 31 May 2009 at 02:29

Lots of stuff under broad categories from the journal Health Education and Behaviors over the last several months.

African Americans

Developing Long-Term Physical Activity Participation: A Grounded Theory Study With African American Women
Amy E. Harley, Janet Buckworth, Mira L. Katz, Sharla K. Willis, Angela Odoms-Young, and Catherine A. Heaney
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 97-112

Effects of Racial Discrimination and Health Behaviors on Mental and Physical Health of Middle-Class African American Men
Sherrill L. Sellers, Vence Bonham, Harold W. Neighbors, and James W. Amell
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 31-44

Neighborhood Environment and Adherence to a Walking Intervention in African American Women
Shannon N. Zenk, JoEllen Wilbur, Edward Wang, Judith McDevitt, April Oh, Richard Block, Sue McNeil, and Nina Savar
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 167-181

Perceptions of the Religion—Health Connection Among African Americans in the Southeastern United States: Sex, Age, and Urban/Rural Differences
Cheryl L. Holt, Emily Schulz, and Theresa A. Wynn
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 62-80

Psychosocial Influences on Suboptimal Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence Among African American Women: Implications for Education and Intervention
Carol Magai, Nathan S. Consedine, Brenda A. Adjei, Dawn Hershman, and Alfred Neugut
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 835-854

Self-Efficacy Mediates the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Medication Adherence Among Hypertensive African Americans
Antoinette Schoenthaler, Gbenga Ogedegbe, and John P. Allegrante
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 127-137

Weighing the Consequences: Self-Disclosure of HIV-Positive Status Among African American Injection Drug Users
Maribel Valle and Judith Levy
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 155-166

Chinese

Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Tailored Educational Video: Changing Breast Cancer–Related Behaviors in Chinese Women
Judy H. Wang, Wenchi Liang, Marc D. Schwartz, Marion M. Lee, Barbara Kreling, and Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 806-820

Hispanics

Ecodevelopmental x Intrapersonal Risk: Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in Hispanic Adolescents
Guillermo J. Prado, Seth J. Schwartz, Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Shi Huang, Hilda M. Pantin, Barbara Lopez, and Jose Szapocznik
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 45-61

Evaluating a Stage Model in Predicting Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Latinas’ Cervical Cancer Screening Practices: The Role of Psychosocial and Cultural Predictors
Elva Maria Arredondo, Kathryn Pollak, and Philip R. Costanzo
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 791-805

Improving Diabetes Care and Health Measures Among Hispanics Using Community Health Workers: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kenneth S. Babamoto, Kwa A. Sey, Angela J. Camilleri, Vicki J. Karlan, Joana Catalasan, and Donald E. Morisky
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 113-126

Influence of Social Context on Eating, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behaviors of Latina Mothers and Their Preschool-Age Children
Ana C. Lindsay, Katarina M. Sussner, Mary L. Greaney, and Karen E. Peterson
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 81-96

Patient—Provider Communication: Understanding the Role of Patient Activation for Latinos in Mental Health Treatment
Dharma E. Cortes, Norah Mulvaney-Day, Lisa Fortuna, Sarah Reinfeld, and Margarita Alegría
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 138-154

Multiethnic Populations

Estimates of Intraclass Correlation for Variables Related to Behavioral HIV/STD Prevention in a Predominantly African American and Hispanic Sample of Young Women
Sherri L. Pals, Brenda L. Beaty, Samuel F. Posner, and Sheana S. Bull
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 182-194

Lunchtime Practices and Problem Behaviors Among Multiethnic Urban Youth
Tracy R. Nichols, Amanda S. Birnbaum, Kylie Bryant, and Gilbert J. Botvin
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 570-582

Native Americans

A Cervical Cancer Community-Based Participatory Research Project in a Native American Community
Suzanne Christopher, Allison L. Gidley, Bethany Letiecq, Adina Smith, and Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
Health Educ Behav 2008;35 821-834

Refugee Populations

Witnessing Violence Across the Life Course, Depressive Symptoms, and Alcohol Use Among Older Persons
Sha Juan Colbert and Neal Krause
Health Educ Behav 2009;36 259-277