Projekt

Despite many calls for cultural competence training, mitigation of language-related barriers in migrant health care remains largely neglected in research, education and practice. The aim of this interdisciplinary project (Cultural Psychology, Public and Global Mental Health, Intercultural Communication and Linguistics) is to investigate and develop improvements to communication between (mental) health care providers ((M)HCP) and migrants who experience mental disorders and do not (sufficiently) speak the languages of the health care professionals, ultimately enhancing the quality of mental health care. Case studies will be conducted in the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, China and South Africa.The research will focus on the different levels of Bronfenbrenner's ecological framework for human development considering their inherent interrelatedness. The project team aims for: (1) identification of current policies and practices of health care systems in multilingual settings, on a macro- and meso-level; (2) assessment of barriers and resources in the communication on a micro and meso-level from perspectives of (M)HCP, patients and relatives; (3) quality assessment on technological devices and their applicability; (4) recommendations for (M)HCP addressing language und cultural capacity gaps in providing services to people with mental disorders, and information tools for migrants towards coping mechanisms in multilingual health care provider-patient settings (e.g. learning video, podcast); (5) development and pilot-testing of a training for local (M)HCP to strengthen contextually appropriate multilingual health communication; (6) dissemination of the results in scientific publications; final conference. The team will conduct a scoping literature review study and will use semi-structured interview methods as well as focus group discussions following ethical protocols. The final intervention will be evaluated according to a mixed methods design.

• 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. Dr. Razvan Mircea Chereches

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

• Prof. Dr. Brian James Hall

  NYU Shanghai
  School of Global Public Health
  Pudong New District, Shanghai
  China (Volksrepublik)
  

• Prof. Dr. Ted Sanders

  Utrecht University
  Faculty of Humanities
  Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS
  Department of Languages, Literature and
  Communication
  Utrecht
  Niederlande
  

• Prof. Dr. Christine Anthonissen

  Stellenbosch University
  Department of General Linguistics
  Arts Building
  Matieland
  Südafrika
  

• Dr. Alina Forray

  Universitatea Babes-Bolyai
  Department of Public Health and Management
  Cluj-Napoca
  Rumänien
  

• Oltean Ovidiu

  Universitatea Babes-Bolyai
  Political, Administrative & Communication Sciences
  Political Science Department
  Cluj-Napoca
  Rumänien
  

• Prof. Dr. Barbara Schouten

  University of Amsterdam (UvA)
  Amsterdam School of Communication Research
  Amsterdam
  Niederlande
  

• Prof. Dr. Kristin Bührig

  Universität Hamburg
  Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften
  FB Sprache, Literatur, Medien
  Institut für Germanistik
  Hamburg