Nguyen Giang T, Bowman Marjorie A
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Fam Med. 2007 Mar;39(3):208-10.
The Asian and Pacific Islander (API) population in the United States is ethnically and linguistically diverse. American API patients in the most disadvantaged subgroups (limited English proficient, low income, low literate, etc) are at risk for having unmet communication needs. Medical education programs and primary care physicians need to address issues of culture, language, and health literacy when they communicate with these patients so that appropriate questions are asked, and accurate information is exchanged between patients and their providers.
美国的亚裔和太平洋岛民（API）群体在种族和语言上具有多样性。处于最弱势亚群体（英语水平有限、低收入、低文化程度等）的美国API患者存在沟通需求未得到满足的风险。医学教育项目和初级保健医生在与这些患者沟通时需要解决文化、语言和健康素养问题，以便提出恰当的问题，并在患者及其医疗服务提供者之间准确地交流信息。
