1. Barriers to and Facilitators of South Asian Indian-Americans' Engagement in Advanced Care Planning Behaviors.
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Radhakrishnan, Kavita, Saxena, Shubhada, Jillapalli, Regina, Jang, Yuri, and Kim, Miyong
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SOUTH Asian Americans , *IMMIGRANTS , *TERMINAL care , *FOCUS groups , *CAREGIVERS , *RESEARCH methodology , *PHYSICIAN-patient relations , *FAMILIES , *HEALTH status indicators , *INTERVIEWING , *MEDICAL personnel , *ADVANCE directives (Medical care) , *QUALITATIVE research , *HEALTH literacy , *SURVEYS , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *CATASTROPHIC illness , *INTER-observer reliability , *PATIENTS' families , *HEALTH insurance reimbursement , *FAMILY roles , *INDEPENDENT living , *PATIENT-family relations , *DECISION making , *COMMUNICATION , *RESEARCH funding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *PHYSICIANS , *MINORITIES in medicine , *DECISION making in clinical medicine , *THEMATIC analysis , *DATA analysis software , *CONTENT analysis , *INFORMATION needs , *CULTURAL values , *ELDER care , *ATTITUDES toward death , *CULTURAL awareness - Abstract
Purpose To identify barriers to and facilitators of older South Asian Indian-Americans' (SAIAs') engagement in behaviors associated with advance care planning (ACP). Methods Using a descriptive qualitative design guided by the transcultural nursing assessment model, data were collected in focus groups of community-dwelling older SAIA participants, SAIA family caregivers, and SAIA physicians. A directed approach using predetermined coding categories derived from the Transcultural Nursing Assessment model and aided by NVivo 10 software (Melbourne, Australia) facilitated the qualitative data analysis. Results Eleven focus groups with 36 older SAIAs (61% female, 83% 70+ years old), 10 SAIA family caregivers, and 4 SAIA physicians indicated prior lack of awareness of ACP, good health status, lack of access to linguistically and health literacy-tailored materials, healthcare provider hesitation to initiate discussions on ACP, trust in healthcare providers' or oldest sons' decision making, busy family caregiver work routines, and cultural assumptions about filial piety and after-death rituals as major barriers to engaging in ACP. Introducing ACP using personal anecdotes in a neutral, group-based community setting and incentivizing ACP discussions by including long-term care planning were suggested as facilitators to engage in ACP. Clinical Relevance The study's findings will guide development of culturally sensitive interventions to raise awareness about ACP among SAIAs and encourage SAIA older adults to engage in ACP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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