As a result, Afaan Oromoo-speaking patients may be facing language barriers in the healthcare settings in Addis Ababa. Language barriers have the capacity to affect patients' experience of care and treatment outcomes. This study, hence, examined the impacts of language barriers on the healthcare ...
Research will have to address three broad areas: the ways in which language barriers affect health and healthcare, the efficacy of interventions to overcome language barriers, and the costs of language barriers and efforts to overcome them. There is a need to address such barriers in health ...
In one instance, a physician described a patient as a “very pleasant male with multiple barriers to accessing healthcare.” In another case, a physician described that a patient “has limited short term memory that makes it difficult for her to carry out the interventions we recommend, even ...
The Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 offers the most powerful paradigm for linguistic divisions as they harden into language barriers and become markers of human alienation and mutual incomprehension. This essay discusses medieval examples of these barriers, both literary and historical, from a variety of...
Large language models have made remarkable progress in the field of language translation, revolutionizing the process of breaking down language barriers and facilitating global communication. These models have revolutionized the translation process, offering more accurate and natural translations across different...
Results:We found that Kurds who do not speak the official language face multiple first-language related barriers in accessing healthcare. Poor access to health information, poor patient-provider relationship, delay in seeking health care, dependence on others in accessing healthcare, low adherence to...
One of the major barriers to using large language models (LLMs) in medicine is the perception they use uninterpretable methods to make clinical decisions that are inherently different from the cognitive processes of clinicians. In this manuscript we develop diagnostic reasoning prompts to study whethe...
Language-based case management: Managing client cases and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across language barriers. Cross-cultural program evaluation: Evaluating program effectiveness and outcomes in diverse linguistic contexts to improve service delivery. Related guides: Social Worker Resume Examples ...
Bridge language barriers by providing accurate and contextual translations, facilitating communication and collaboration across different languages and cultures. Challenges of LLMs Despite their multiple advantages, LLMs face several key challenges, including response accuracy, bias, and large resource requireme...
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