Ko Arthur, Turner Jill
Arthur Ko, PhD, is Faculty, Graduate School, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan. Jill Turner, BSN, MLIS, is an Associate Librarian, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan.
Home Healthc Now. 2017 Oct;35(9):507-513. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000608.
The number of Asian immigrants has risen dramatically in recent decades, making them the fastest growing immigrant group in the United States. Home healthcare clinicians are expected to meet the healthcare needs of patients regardless of their ethnic or cultural background, but this can be challenging without a basic understanding of the patient's culture. This article is intended to provide information about the cultural traditions and health conditions clinicians may encounter when caring for patients and families who have immigrated to the United States from the top five Asian countries as determined by the U.S. Census, and concludes with resources that home healthcare clinicians can utilize when engaging in patient education.
近几十年来，亚洲移民的数量急剧增加，使他们成为美国增长最快的移民群体。家庭医疗保健临床医生需要满足患者的医疗保健需求，无论其种族或文化背景如何，但如果对患者文化缺乏基本了解，这可能具有挑战性。本文旨在提供有关文化传统和健康状况的信息，这些是临床医生在照顾从美国人口普查确定的五个亚洲主要国家移民到美国的患者及其家庭时可能遇到的情况，并在结尾处提供家庭医疗保健临床医生在进行患者教育时可以利用的资源。
