Communication is essential in order to provide the best services to patients. This is threatened when a language barrier exists among healthcare professionals and the patient. A trained interpreter is the best option to address this barrier. When a trained interpreter is not available, other options are available such as a trained interpreter via video conference or phone, an employee of the school, a family member or friend.
According to the videos, what are some roles of an interpreter? Explain
What are some of the challenges interpreters face as they perform their duties? Explain
As a healthcare professional what would be your main concerns about using interpreters? ExplainCommunication is essential in order to providters? Explain
Part of healthcare is prevention. Many illnesses could be avoided if we ate healthy, exercised and rested enough. You watched several videos that highlighted the current conditions of Latino children and youth in the United States.
What are the main obstacles to eating well for low socioeconomic families and why?
How would you compare the facts from the videos and articles with your own ethnic experience?
How have your current eating and exercise habits contributed to your present health?
Was once a folk or alternative remedy is now a home remedy that is used without a second thought. From drinking tea for a cold to hydrogen peroxide to clean ear wax, most home remedies become part of the main culture and are not seen as odd.
Identify and explain potentially dangerous outcomes of conventional medicine treatment.
Share experiences that you or relatives have had with folk or alternative medicine.
Folk or alternative medicine remedies vs. Scientific Remedies, are they compatible, or at direct odds with one another? Explain
Use what you have learned about Latino culture to explain how you would handle each of the following situations? Explain your answers.
You are a doctor that is ready to see a Latina female patient for the first time. She looks anguished and scared. She has a bruise on her left temple. Her husband insists on coming in with her. You are not certain that she wants her husband to come in with her.
You are a nurse doing an intake on a severely overweight child. While the mother and the child wait, the 10-year-old child is drinking a large soda and eating a Big Mac. The child is suffering from frequent urination, fatigue, hunger, and irritability. The family has a family history of diabetes and hypertension.
A 32-year-old Latino man has a severe case of hypertension. He is having difficulty breathing, is tired and has severe headaches. He takes medication for his high blood pressure. His mother is also your patient, Doña Luisa, who is a very devout Christian. He does not go to church. She is widowed and Luis, her son, lives with her.
During the visit he tells you “My mother told me that God is punishing me for my bad behavior.” “Doctor, I go to work every day early and come straight home. On the weekends I go out with my friends. Sometimes I drink too much but am not that bad. She is always scaring me with God!”
