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The Association between Health and Culture: The Perspective of Older Adult Hospital In-Patients in Israel
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6496, p 6496 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 12
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- People from different cultures are often hospitalized while the staff treating them do not have sufficient knowledge about the attitudes and feelings of the patients regarding culture and health. To fill this gap, the aim of this study was to examine the perspective of Israeli older adult hospital in-patients regarding the association between health and culture and to understand the meaning of the participants’ experiences with regards to the medical staff’s attitude towards them. This study was carried out using qualitative methodology that followed the interpretive interactionism approach. The research participants were 493 (mean age 70.81, S.D.: 15.88) in-patients at internal care departments at a hospital in Israel who answered an open-ended question included in the questionnaire as part of a wide study held during 2017 to 2018. Two main themes were found: (1) a humane attitude of respect and the right to privacy and (2) beliefs, values, and traditional medicine that are passed down through generations. The findings highlighted the issue of the patients’ cultural heritage and ageist attitudes they ascribed to the professional staff. This study provided recommendations for training the in-patient hospital workforce on the topic of cultural competence, beginning from the stage of diagnosis through treatment and to discharge from the hospital, in order to improve the service.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Interactionism
Attitude of Health Personnel
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
ageism
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Israel
older adults
Aged
media_common
Inpatients
030503 health policy & services
Perspective (graphical)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
health
Hospitals
culture
Personnel, Hospital
Cultural heritage
Feeling
Family medicine
Workforce
Medicine
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Cultural competence
hospital in-patients
Meaning (linguistics)
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2df403dbd17afcb827749c7ace9f7ace