Ukrainian-Speaking Migrants' Concerning the Use of Interpreters in Healthcare Service: A Pilot Study

Overview

Journal Open Nurs J

Publisher Bentham Open

Specialty Nursing

Date 2016 Mar 26

PMID 27014391

Authors

Emina Hadziabdic

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Abstract

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate Ukrainian-speaking migrants' attitudes to the use of interpreters in healthcare service in order to test a developed questionnaire and recruitment strategy. A descriptive survey using a 51-item structured self-administered questionnaire of 12 Ukrainian-speaking migrants' and analyzed by the descriptive statistics. The findings were to have an interpreter as an objective communication and practical aid with personal qualities such as a good knowledge of languages and translation ability. In contrast, the clothes worn by the interpreter and the interpreter's religion were not viewed as important aspects. The findings support the method of a developed questionnaire and recruitment strategy, which in turn can be used in a larger planned investigation of the same topic in order to arrange a good interpretation situation in accordance with persons' desire irrespective of countries' different rules in healthcare policies regarding interpretation.

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