S Samerski - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Health literacy has become a hot topic in health research and public health promotion. Most definitions specify health literacy as an individual cognitive skill, and surveys such as the EU …
Winner of the NCA Health Communication 2021 Distinguished Book Award. This book examines interpreter-mediated medical encounters and focuses primarily on the …
LJ Kirmayer, L Swartz - Global mental health: Principles and …, 2013 - books.google.com
Human beings are fundamentally cultural beings: we acquire our ability to function as adults through developmental processes that are shaped by culture, and we live within culturally …
C Baraldi, L Gavioli - Language and Emotion, 2022 - degruyter.com
7 Conclusions 8 References Abstract: Following increasing migration fluxes and their impact on public service communication in Western countries, research on language and social …
Transcultural Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Anxiety and Depression is a practical and accessible guide, drawing on current research in CBT and clinical practice. It aims to support …
S Kilian, L Swartz, T Dowling, M Dlali… - Social Science & Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In South Africa health care practitioners are commonly professionals who speak only one, or at most two, of the languages spoken by their patients. This provides for …
This exploratory study analyses the functions of small talk in interpreter-mediated healthcare encounters. Drawing on a dataset of hospital visits with participation of five trained …
E Benjamin, L Swartz, B Chiliza… - South African health …, 2016 - journals.co.za
There has been a longstanding call to employ trained interpreters to address language barriers in health care in South Africa. The international literature shows that while trained …
X Hunt, L Swartz - South African Journal of Psychology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine the extent to which psychotherapy can be successfully conducted with the aid of an interpreter. We propose that, even if we assume idealistic levels of training on the part …