"We will continue to monitor and oversee Maximus to ensure Medicaid recipients receive quality health care and it is done in a culturally sensitive and language-friendly manner," Mr. Signor said.
Culturally sensitive improvements 21 should build on the recent introduction of patient information leaflets in several languages.
The purpose of the observational study was to evaluate the effect of an oral training, that was designed to be culturally sensitive in TBAs' native language, on TBAs' knowledge of obstetrical emergencies.
As the item lists are currently only available in English for UK, Dutch for Belgium and the Netherlands and Greek for Greece, culturally sensitive translations for >50 languages are planned once the item selection process is completed.
In a job advertisement last year for "offshore security specialists" including emergency response officers, Wilson Security said that "successful applicants will... be culturally sensitive" while those "with (foreign) language skills are highly regarded".
In addition, greater access to federal programs for AAPIs and AAPI-serving organizations, by expanding language and culturally sensitive outreach and marketing efforts, is still needed.
The most essential action is to ensure that healthcare services are accessible to all migrants, and that care is patient centred and culturally sensitive, including efforts to overcome language and other barriers.
In-language and culturally sensitive programming and services are more crucial, she said, with nearly 70% of Asian Americans speaking a language other than English.
The novel thematic coding methodology provided an empirical platform on which to develop culturally sensitive questionnaire content using the natural language of participants.
In a local context of multiple cultures, ethnicities and languages, highly specific and culturally sensitive educational interventions are required and should be offered both to patients and their family members/carers in their mother tongue.
Interventions targeting postnatal depression in South Asian women should pay particular attention to ways of improving social support, independent coping strategies, involvement of the culturally-sensitive facilitator, language aspects, childcare and transport support, and group discussion techniques.
