Cultural brokering in pregnancy care: A critical review.

ABSTRACT: People who speak languages other than English face structural barriers in accessing the US healthcare system. With a growing number of people living in countries other than their countries of birth, the impact of language and cultural differences between patients and care teams on quality care is global. Cultural brokering presents a unique opportunity to enhance communication and trust between patients and clinicians from different cultural backgrounds during pregnancy care-a critical window for engaging families in the healthcare system. This critical review aims to synthesize literature describing cultural brokering in pregnancy care. We searched keywords relating to cultural brokering, pregnancy, and language in PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL and traced references of screened articles. Our

SUBMITTER: DiMeo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12331164 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature