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Health Sciences Assignment

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Added on  2020-05-11

Health Sciences Assignment

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Running head: HEALTH SCIENCEHealth scienceName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
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1HEALTH SCIENCEBarriers and enablers to accessing care in patients who do not speak EnglishNon-English speaking patients always remain at health disadvantages due to lesser accessto fewer preventive services and access to care compared to English speaking patients. Languagedifference between care provider and patient, and the increase in the number of patients withlimited English language proficiency is one of the major barrier to effective and quality care.Linguistic barrier contribute to misunderstanding among patients in the area of diagnosis,treatment and options to access care. This limitation in English language proficiency alsoincreases the risk for adverse events in such patients compared to English speaking patients.They face difficulty in understanding instruction and thereby remain oblivious about the careoptions. Research has shown that patients with limited English language proficiency have greaterrisk of line infections, surgical delays, readmission in hospitals and longer hospital stays due topoor and timely access of health care service. The interactions with health care staffs is seriouslyaffected in such cases and worse health outcome is reported due to limited access to health careand fewer health care visits (Calo et al., 2015). Gap in language and communications in health care staffs also contribute to barriers inaccessing care for limited English speaking patients. Evidence points out that when patients andphysician do not speak same language,, effective communication process is affected contributingto poor access to high quality care. In case of an area with high percentage of limited Englishproficiency patient, hospital must provided patients with access to professional interpreters todecrease readmission rates and promotes time care and treatment of patients. Such situation alsocreates challenges for health care system because of rise in communication barriers due to
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