Intercultural Health Communication

Resumen: El trabajo analiza la Comunicación Institucional Intercultural para la Salud como objeto de estudio a partir de las campañas y materiales informativos y divulgativos (cartelería, dípticos y folletos) realizados por las Administraciones Públicas españolas y dirigidos a la población inmigrante durante la primera década del siglo XXI. El objetivo es describir el origen, desarrollo y características de la Comunicación Institucional Intercultural para la Salud. Para ello se ha realizado un análisis de contenido de los materiales, a través del cual se constata un interés creciente por desarrollar este tipo de comunicación durante el período de estudio, sobre todo a partir de 2005 y entre las Administraciones autonómicas que mayor número de inmigrantes registran. Además, existe cierta coincidencia de los temas abordados con algunas de las prioridades encontradas a nivel socio-sanitario. La Comunicación Institucional Intercultural para la Salud es una línea de investigación hasta ahora poco desarrollada en España, entre otras razones porque la Administración Pública española no ha intervenido como actor en el proceso comunicativo intercultural hasta el inicio del presente siglo.Palabras clave: Administración pública, Comunicación, Institucional, Inmigración, Intercultural, Salud Abstract: This paper presents a first analysis of the informational materials (posters, folded sheets and booklets) that Spanish Public Administrations have targeted to immigrants during the first decade of the current century with the ultimate goal of describing the origin, development and characteristics of the Public Administration’s Intercultural Health Communication. Through a content analysis of the materials, a growing interest in developing this type of communication, especially from 2005 and among the regional administrations that more immigrants record, is found. In addition, a relative coincidence among disease topics in materials and priorities found at socio-sanitary level is also detected. There exists a research field so far underdeveloped in Spain: Public Administration’s Intercultural Health Communication. It is an emerging field as it is only from 2000 when Public Administration in Spain starts to consolidate as a communicating actor in the intercultural context.Keywords: Public administration, Government, Communication, Immigrant, Intercultural, Health

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An ethnographic study of intercultural health communication at a Korean international clinic : Focusing on in-depth interviews with patients

LANGUAGE INFORMATION ◽

10.35128/rili.2018.26.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

pp. 5-32

Author(s):

Ki-tae Kim ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Communication ◽

Ethnographic Study ◽

Intercultural Health ◽

Depth Interviews

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Intercultural Health Communication

Handbook of Qualitative Research in Communication Disorders ◽

10.4324/9780203798874.ch13 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claire Penn

Keyword(s):

Health Communication ◽

Intercultural Health

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Health Communication: Implications for Diverse Populations

Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations ◽

10.1044/cds18.1.12 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 12-19

Author(s):

Amy Hasselkus

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Communication ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Linguistically Diverse ◽

Good Health ◽

The United States ◽

Poor Health ◽

Health Care Decisions ◽

Diverse Backgrounds ◽

Health Related

The need for improved communication about health-related topics is evident in statistics about the health literacy of adults living in the United States. The negative impact of poor health communication is huge, resulting in poor health outcomes, health disparities, and high health care costs. The importance of good health communication is relevant to all patient populations, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Efforts are underway at all levels, from individual professionals to the federal government, to improve the information patients receive so that they can make appropriate health care decisions. This article describes these efforts and discusses how speech-language pathologists and audiologists may be impacted.

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