Sozial- und Praventivmedizin
Volume 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 272-279

Healthcare network, migration and cross-cultural adaptation in Lausanne: An action-research in progress [Reseaux de soins, migration et adaptation interculturelle a Lausanne: Evolution d'une recherche action] (Article)

Lambert H. , Stoll B. , Singy P. , Zobel F. , Molina M. , Guex P.*
  • a Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • b Policlinique Médicale Univ., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • c Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • d Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • e Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • f Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, Psychiatrie de Liaison, CHUV, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

In Lausanne, Switzerland, there is a growing population of migrant people of different origins. This evolving situation calls for a continuous adjustment between need and offer in terms of healthcare. Up to now, this adjustment which involves cross-cultural adaptation processes, was based on the use of untrained interpreters. However, clinical experience shows that the use of untrained interpreters tends to keep migrant patients in an unfavorable position. This paper describes an action-research in Lausanne, which aims at the evaluation of the changes that are brought by the introduction of trained cultural mediators and interpreters (CMI) into the medical field. The paper enumerates the clinical issues that gave birth to the project and the methodological choices that were made. After discussing the first results, the authors describe how the different research stages are adapted and modified through continuous mutual influences between the field and the research process itself.

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Index Keywords

immigrant human language Humans Cross-Cultural Comparison health services research cultural factor Article health care social adaptation adult Translating migration research Transients and Migrants Delivery of Health Care Social Adjustment Switzerland health care need health care delivery
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ISSN: 03038408
Cited by: 3
Original Language: French