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Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs
Newcomers’ ability to access healthcare can be impacted by cultural, religious, linguistic, and health status differences. A variety of options are available to support the development of healthcare systems to equitably accommodate newcomers, including the use of basic English and other languages in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073752 |
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description | Newcomers’ ability to access healthcare can be impacted by cultural, religious, linguistic, and health status differences. A variety of options are available to support the development of healthcare systems to equitably accommodate newcomers, including the use of basic English and other languages in public health information, engagement with immigrant communities to advise on program development, offering culturally competent health services, interpretation services, and through creating space to collaborate with traditional practitioners. This study employed in-depth interviews with newcomer families from the Healthy Immigrant Children Study that had been living in Regina or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, for less than 5 years, as well as with healthcare providers and immigrant service providers to understand how to improve healthcare services. Analysis of participant quotes related to accessible healthcare services revealed five main themes: (1) responsive, accessible services, (2) increasing cultural competence, (3) targeted newcomer health services, (4) increasing awareness of health services, and (5) newcomer engagement in planning and partnerships. An accessible healthcare system should include primary healthcare sites developed in partnership with newcomer service organizations that offer comprehensive care in a conveniently accessible and culturally responsive manner, with embedded interpretation services. The Saskatchewan healthcare system needs to reflect on its capacity to meet newcomer healthcare needs and strategically respond to the healthcare needs of an increasingly diverse population. |
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spelling | pubmed-89974382022-04-12 Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs Lane, Ginny Vatanparast, Hassan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Newcomers’ ability to access healthcare can be impacted by cultural, religious, linguistic, and health status differences. A variety of options are available to support the development of healthcare systems to equitably accommodate newcomers, including the use of basic English and other languages in public health information, engagement with immigrant communities to advise on program development, offering culturally competent health services, interpretation services, and through creating space to collaborate with traditional practitioners. This study employed in-depth interviews with newcomer families from the Healthy Immigrant Children Study that had been living in Regina or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, for less than 5 years, as well as with healthcare providers and immigrant service providers to understand how to improve healthcare services. Analysis of participant quotes related to accessible healthcare services revealed five main themes: (1) responsive, accessible services, (2) increasing cultural competence, (3) targeted newcomer health services, (4) increasing awareness of health services, and (5) newcomer engagement in planning and partnerships. An accessible healthcare system should include primary healthcare sites developed in partnership with newcomer service organizations that offer comprehensive care in a conveniently accessible and culturally responsive manner, with embedded interpretation services. The Saskatchewan healthcare system needs to reflect on its capacity to meet newcomer healthcare needs and strategically respond to the healthcare needs of an increasingly diverse population. MDPI 2022-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8997438/ /pubmed/35409441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073752 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lane, Ginny Vatanparast, Hassan Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title | Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title_full | Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title_fullStr | Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title_full_unstemmed | Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title_short | Adjusting the Canadian Healthcare System to Meet Newcomer Needs |
title_sort | adjusting the canadian healthcare system to meet newcomer needs |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073752 |
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