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Challenges In Delivering Refugee Health Services, Thy Vo, Fabiana Kotovicz
Challenges In Delivering Refugee Health Services, Thy Vo, Fabiana Kotovicz
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews
Background: Aurora Health Care is the major health care system providing care to refugees in Milwaukee, where half of Wisconsin’s refugee population resides. Like many other institutions caring for refugee patients, Aurora faces significant challenges when trying to address refugee health needs. Even with the assistance of medical interpreters, cultural differences, language barriers and limited patient health literacy, as well as lack of knowledge of refugee patients’ backgrounds, are major obstacles encountered by health care providers in this setting.
Purpose: This quality improvement study aims to assess Aurora providers’ perceptions of the benefits and barriers to working with refugee …