Literature Review: Table of Evidence on Cultural Barriers in Healthcare for Indigenous Australians

Literature Review: Table of Evidence
Student Name:
Describe the barrier or issue in health care that you want to address for your Capstone Project Paper (two or three sentences):
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Indigenous Australians experience many challenges when seeking healthcare from mainstream healthcare settings. In this regard,
cultural barrier has been identified as a problem that most Aboriginal people face when seeking health care services.

Criteria Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4
Author, Journal (Peer-
Reviewed), and
Permalink or Working
Link to Access Article
Author(s): Toby
Freeman, Tahnia
Edwards, Fran
Baum, Angela
Lawless, Gwyn
Jolley, Sara
Javanparast, and
Theresa Francis
Journal: Australian
and New Zealand
Journal of Public
Health
Link: doi:
10.1111/1753-
6405.12231
Author(s): Elizabeth F.,
Rix, Lesley Barclay,
Janelle Stirling, Allison
Tong, and Shawn
Wilson.
Journal: Hemodialysis
International
Link: doi:
10.1111/hdi.12201
Author(s): Renata FI
Meuter, Cindy
Gallois, Norman S.
Segalowitz, Andrew
G. Ryder, and Julia
Hocking
Journal: BMC health
services research
Link: doi:
10.1186/s12913-015-
1024-8
Author(s): Khalid M. Almutairi
Journal: Saudi Medical Journal
Link: doi:
10.15537/smj.2015.4.10133
Article Title and Year
Published
Title: Cultural
respect strategies
in Australian
Aboriginal primary
health care
services: beyond
education and
training of
practitioners
Year: 2014
Title: The perspectives
of Aboriginal patients
and their healthcare
providers on improving
the quality of
hemodialysis services:
A qualitative study
Year: 2015
Title: Overcoming
language barriers in
healthcare: A
protocol for
investigating safe and
effective
communication when
patients or clinicians
use a second
language
Year: 2015
Title: Culture and language
differences as a barrier to the
provision of quality care by the
health workforce in Saudi
Arabia
Year: 2015
Research Questions
(Qualitative)/Hypothesis
Aim: To asses
cultural respect
Aim: To elucidate and
explore the viewpoint
Aim: To investigate
miscommunication as
Purpose: To establish, assess and
summarize problems associated
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(Quantitative), and
Purposes/Aim of Study
techniques, patient
experience and
inhibitor of
cultural respect.
of Indigenous
Australians’ and
healthcare staff’s
experience of renal
service.
well as language
barriers that are likely
to occur in hospitals
between physicians
and patients.
with language and culture
differences among healthcare
providers in Saudi Arabia.
Design (Quantitative,
Qualitative, or other)
Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative and
quantitative
Qualitative
Setting/Sample -6 PHC services
-21 clients in PHC
-18 Aboriginal patients
-29 healthcare
providers
80 interactions
between physicians
and patients
12 secondary studies
Methods:
Intervention/Instruments
Interviews Interviews -Questionnaire
-Video recording
Systematic review
Analysis Thematic analysis Thematic analysis -Content analysis
- Discursis analysis
Content analysis
Key Findings Strategies for
cultural respect
are:
-Social perception
of health
-Focusing on the
social determinants
of health
-Hiring Aboriginal
workers
-Barriers to
cultural respect
are:
-communication
difficulties
-Racism and
discrimination
Crisis can be avoided
by:
-Adaptable family-
focused care
-Engaging a patient
early
-Addressing the fear of
services
-Focus on culture when
delivering services
-Cultural barriers
influence
communications
between patients and
healthcare providers.
-Lack of knowledge of culture
resulted in culture shock and
culture incompetence
-Language differences affected
the provision of clear
instructions in healthcare
settings.
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