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A concerted attempt is being made by the Welsh Government to revitalize the Welsh language in Wales through language legislation and policy initiatives. This paper explores the political rhetoric and practical reality of these recent legislative developments, as they pertain to the health care sector. It offers a qualitative analysis of written evidence provided by key stakeholders during the consultation process on the new legally-binding requirements of Welsh Language Standards for health...
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In this article, we present the results of an exploratory quantitative study on the situation of communication between healthcare staff in the Catalan public system and users with limited competence in the official languages of Catalonia. The study objective is to offer a comprehensive and empirically grounded overview of the current state of intercultural communication in the Catalan public health system, with and without the involvement of third-party mediation, as perceived by healthcare...
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Through semistructured interviews, language switching in therapy was examined with 9 bilingual Spanish and English therapists. Therapists were asked about how and when they switched from one language to another during treatment, as well as the ways in which their clients’ switched languages. After the use of consensual qualitative research methods (C. E. Hill et al., 2005; C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, & E. N. Williams, 1997), the results revealed that therapists used language switching as a...
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The language barrier continues to compromise adequate healthcare delivery in multilingual healthcare systems. This makes language an important issue for the policy agenda in such systems. This article highlights the silence of selected South African health policies on managing the language barrier in healthcare. The analysis establishes that the selected policies make limited provisions, if any, on the language barrier and fail to account for how the language barrier should be addressed in...
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Objective: To compare the 12-month prevalence of common mental disorders among francophones in Canada, France, and Belgium. This is the first article in a 2-part series comparing mental disorders and service use prevalence of French-speaking populations. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from the Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being (CCHS 1.2) in 2002 and the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders-Mental Health Disability (ESEMeD) from 2001...
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Objectives: To compare 12-month and lifetime service use for common mental disorders in 4 francophone subsamples using data from national mental health surveys in Canada, Quebec, France, and Belgium. This is the second article in a 2-part series comparing mental disorders and service use prevalence of French-speaking populations. Methods: Comparable World Mental Health-Composite International Diagnostic Interviews (WMH-CIDI) were administered to representative samples of adults (aged 18...
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Dans notre article, nous présentons une analyse comparative de l’approche canadienne de l’enjeu de la santé pour les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM). Nous montrons que l’État canadien a favorisé une démarche de concertation avec les acteurs communautaires. Notre analyse comparative nous a permis de dégager une typologie des politiques linguistiques en matière de santé destinées aux CFSM. Cette typologie permet de situer l’expérience canadienne par rapport à d’autres...
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Resumen La normalización de la atención sanitaria sería ofrecer una atención integrada basada en la evidencia y centrada en el usuario (paciente), lo que pasa por una atención en el idioma de elección del usuario. Para la consecución de dicha normalización, y teniendo en cuenta la complejidad del sistema sanitario centrado en el usuario, es necesario poner en marcha políticas que apuesten por el impulso de la conciencia lingüística entre los profesionales sanitarios y ofrecer estrategias...
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