Al Abed Naser A, Davidson Patricia M, Hickman Louise D
Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Clin Nurs. 2014 Jul;23(13-14):1770-84. doi: 10.1111/jocn.12476. Epub 2013 Dec 12.
To explore the healthcare needs of older Arab migrants, focussing on Arab-Australians and their socio-cultural characteristics.
Disparities in accessing healthcare services and addressing healthcare needs are evident among ethnic minorities including Arab migrants, particularly, older people. Racial stereotyping can also affect their ability to use these services. Arabs are a populous and diverse group with a long history of global migration. Australia is one of the most multicultural societies in the world, and Arab-Australians constitute an important ethnic minority group.
Systematic review.
The electronic databases Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), MEDLINE (Ovid), Ageline, ProQuest, CINAHL, PubMed, PsychINFO and Google Scholar were searched from 1990-October 2012. Search terms included health care needs, aged care, ethnic, cultural, linguistics, social, ethnic groups, culturally and linguistically diverse, nonEnglish speaking, ageing, elderly, Arabs, Arabic-speaking and Australia.
Eight articles reviewing the healthcare issues of Australians from Arabic-speaking background were identified using the search strategy. An additional eight articles were identified through hand searching.
Racial stereotyping can alter health-seeking behaviours and healthcare treatment. Increasing the understanding of specific cultural attributes of Arab-Australians will contribute to improving health outcomes.
Healthcare providers and policymakers need to adopt more effective ways of communication with Arab-Australians to provide more culturally competent care and achieve better health outcomes.
探讨阿拉伯老年移民的医疗保健需求，重点关注澳大利亚阿拉伯人及其社会文化特征。
在包括阿拉伯移民在内的少数族裔中，尤其是老年人，在获得医疗保健服务和满足医疗保健需求方面存在明显差异。种族刻板印象也会影响他们使用这些服务的能力。阿拉伯人是一个人口众多且多样化的群体，有着悠久的全球移民历史。澳大利亚是世界上最多元文化的社会之一，澳大利亚阿拉伯人是一个重要的少数族裔群体。
系统评价。
检索了1990年至2012年10月期间的电子数据库学术搜索完整版（EBSCO）、医学索引数据库（Ovid）、老龄线数据库、ProQuest数据库、护理学与健康领域数据库、PubMed数据库、心理学文摘数据库和谷歌学术。检索词包括医疗保健需求、老年护理、种族、文化、语言、社会、族群、文化和语言多样化、非英语使用者、老龄化、老年人、阿拉伯人、说阿拉伯语的人和澳大利亚。
使用该检索策略确定了8篇综述说阿拉伯语背景澳大利亚人医疗保健问题的文章。通过手工检索又确定了8篇文章。
种族刻板印象会改变寻求医疗行为和医疗治疗。增进对澳大利亚阿拉伯人特定文化属性的理解将有助于改善健康结果。
医疗保健提供者和政策制定者需要采用更有效的方式与澳大利亚阿拉伯人沟通，以提供更具文化胜任力的护理并实现更好的健康结果。
