Improving Cultural Knowledge to Facilitate Cultural Adaptation of Pain Management in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Health care disparities exist for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Addressing the cultural competence of health care providers could limit these disparities. The aim of this study was to improve cultural knowledge of and humility regarding pain in a CALD community. Method: This interpretive description qualitative study used focus group discussions (FGDs) to generate ideas about how South Asian culture could influence how health care providers manage pain. A total of 14 people with pain and of South Asian background (6 women and 8 men, aged 28-70 y) participated. Two investigators independently analyzed the data. This process involved repeatedly reading the transcripts, then manually sorting the key messages into cat

SUBMITTER: Bostick GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8774957 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature