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Language, cultural barriers challenge healthcare providers.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JUN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Language, cultural barriers challenge healthcare providers.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
In the spring of 2002, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) released a report titled "Mississippi's Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities." In that report, the MSDH referred to the critical need for healthcare providers to have "cultural competence" when treating patients of diverse backgrounds and nationality.

The report said, "Despite similarities, fundamental differences among people arise from nationality, ethnicity and culture, as well as from family background and individual experience. The delivery of high-quality primary healthcare that is accessible, effective and cost efficient requires healthcare practitioners to have a deeper understanding of the socio-cultural background of patients, their families and the environments in which they live."

With Mississippi's ever-growing Hispanic population, healthcare providers...

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