Removing barriers to healthcare through an intercultural healthcare system:Focus group evidence

作     者：Prince Peprah Williams Agyem ang-Duah Abdul Wahid Arimiyaw Anthony Kwame Morgan Stephen Uwum bordo Nachibi Prince Peprah;Williams Agyemang-Duah;Abdul Wahid Arimiyaw;Anthony Kwame Morgan;Stephen Uwumbordo Nachibi

作者机构：Social Policy Research CentreUniversity of New South WalesSydney 2052Australia Department of PlanningKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasi 233Ghana Department of Geography and Rural DevelopmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasi 233Ghana 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第19卷第1期

页      面：29-35页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：funding agencies in the public  commercial  or not-for-profit sectors 

主　　题：Intercultural health Health system Healthcare barriers Focus group Ghana 

摘      要：Objective:Barriers to healthcare in Ghana are *** people,including patients and providers,face them at different *** address these barriers,there is a need to explore the role of an intercultural healthcare *** paper explores and provides the first evidence on ways through which an intercultural healthcare system can reduce the sociocultural and economic barriers to healthcare in ***:Focus group discussions with 35 participants comprising 17 healthcare users,11 formal healthcare providers and 7 alternative healthcare providers were conducted to gather *** analyses were performed on the transcribed data and presented based on a posteriori inductive reduction ***:Findings reveal that an intercultural healthcare system in Ghana can help reduce barriers to healthcare,especially cultural,social and economic barriers,by fostering an enhanced relationship between culture and healthcare,promoting affordable healthcare and promoting effective communication between healthcare providers and *** institutional support,lack of strong political will and commitment,lack of training to meet standards of practice,poor registration and regulatory measures,and lack of universal acceptance inhibit implementation of an intercultural healthcare system in ***:The support for intercultural healthcare system and the agreement on its perceived ability to reduce social,cultural and economic healthcare barriers for service users offer an opportunity for policymakers to demonstrate a stronger political will and improved commitment for effective education and training,enforcement of regulatory measures,inclusion of intercultural healthcare in medical school curricula across the country,and community engagement.