Morioka-Douglas Nancy, Sacks Teresa, Yeo Gwen
Co-Director, Stanford Geriatric Education Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2004 Mar;19(1):27-40. doi: 10.1023/B:JCCG.0000015015.63501.db.
To increase the information available for clinicians and educators to care for, and educate others to care for, elders from Afghan backgrounds more effectively.
Focus group methodology.
Community senior center in Fremont, CA, United States.
Nine leaders of an Afghan elders group.
Content analysis of translated proceedings of focus group.
The two most important themes were: 1) Participants identified their health status and effective treatments with their faith in, and practice of, Islam. 2) They also emphasized the importance of care given by same-sex providers.
Clinicians providing care for older Afghan refugees need to be aware of the importance of respecting the practices of Islam, especially using same sex providers. Allowing for Muslim practices in the hospital is also important, such as washing before daily prayers, not serving pork products (e.g. gelatin), and having the bed face Mecca (Southeast) for prayers, especially for a dying patient.
增加可供临床医生和教育工作者使用的信息，以便更有效地照顾阿富汗裔老年人，并教育他人照顾这些老年人。
焦点小组方法。
美国加利福尼亚州弗里蒙特的社区老年中心。
阿富汗老年人群体的九位领袖。
焦点小组翻译记录的内容分析。
两个最重要的主题是：1）参与者将他们的健康状况和有效治疗与他们对伊斯兰教的信仰及实践联系起来。2）他们还强调了同性医护人员提供护理的重要性。
为阿富汗老年难民提供护理的临床医生需要意识到尊重伊斯兰教习俗的重要性，特别是使用同性医护人员。在医院允许穆斯林的习俗也很重要，例如每日祈祷前洗漱、不提供猪肉制品（如明胶），以及让病床朝向麦加（东南方向）祈祷，尤其是对于临终患者。
