Projekt

The aim of the interdisciplinary consortium is to analyze and improve communication between health care providers (HCPs) and migrants who suffer from mental disorders and do not (sufficiently) speak (any of) the official languages in the receiving country, ultimately to enhance quality of mental health care. The consortium will identify current policies and practices of health care systems by communicating with migrants on a macro- and meso-level in five different countries in Africa, Asia and Europe (South Africa, the Netherlands, Germany, China and Romania). Furthermore, it will assess barriers and resources to communication with marginalized migrants on a micro-level and facilitate access to (mental) health care systems in each of the countries, using local level case studies, in cooperation with local (migrant) organizations, and develop a culturally adopted training program for local HCPs to strengthen communication quality in health settings with evident language barriers. Finally, it will articulate an international guideline for working with (non-)professional interpreters and relevant stakeholders. Interdisciplinary and transnational exchange will be maintained via regular video meetings, online workshops, annual meetings and bilateral scientific exchanges. The project addresses language matters not only in providing quality medical care on humanitarian grounds, but also based on internationally recognized basic human rights issues, as described in target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 of the United Nations (UNHCR, 2017).

• Prof. Dr. Mike Mösko

  Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
  Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin
  Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische
  Psychologie
  Hamburg
  

• Prof. Leslie Swartz

  Stellenbosch University
  Department of Psychology
  Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health
  Stellenbosch
  Südafrika
  

• Prof. Jan D. ten Thije

  Utrecht University
  Department of Languages, Literature
  and Communication
  Utrecht
  Niederlande
  

• Prof. Dr. Razvan Mircea Chereches

  Universitatea Babes-Bolyai
  Department of Public Health
  College of Political, Administrative and
  Communication Sciences
  Cluj-Napoca
  Rumänien
  

• Dr. Brian James Hall

  University of Macau
  Department of Psychology
  Taipa, Macau
  China (Volksrepublik)