Improving Patient-Provider Communication: Building Trust in Obstetrics Through Designated Healthcare Interpreting (DHI)

Jackie King

Location

Gallaudet University - JSAC Multipurpose Room

Start Date

5-3-2024 9:30 AM

End Date

5-3-2024 10:00 AM

Description

Effective patient-provider communication is essential in healthcare, influencing satisfaction, treatment adherence, and health outcomes. Language barriers, especially prevalent among second language users and Deaf individuals, hinder this communication. This case study explores an alternative interpreting model a Deaf family used for their two pregnancies. The relative success experienced by this family has led to proposing a new approach in providing interpreters in obstetrics care, Designated Healthcare Interpreting (DHI). DHI is based on the Deaf professional's designated interpreter (DI) paradigm. The DHI model broadens interpreting choices, giving Deaf patients options in interpreter quality and training, notably improving their experience and addressing limitations of ad-hoc methods. This difference in approach to interpreting services could address the shortcomings of traditional interpreter hiring approaches, offering a more effective and patient-centered solution.

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Improving Patient-Provider Communication: Building Trust in Obstetrics Through Designated Healthcare Interpreting (DHI)

Gallaudet University - JSAC Multipurpose Room

Effective patient-provider communication is essential in healthcare, influencing satisfaction, treatment adherence, and health outcomes. Language barriers, especially prevalent among second language users and Deaf individuals, hinder this communication. This case study explores an alternative interpreting model a Deaf family used for their two pregnancies. The relative success experienced by this family has led to proposing a new approach in providing interpreters in obstetrics care, Designated Healthcare Interpreting (DHI). DHI is based on the Deaf professional's designated interpreter (DI) paradigm. The DHI model broadens interpreting choices, giving Deaf patients options in interpreter quality and training, notably improving their experience and addressing limitations of ad-hoc methods. This difference in approach to interpreting services could address the shortcomings of traditional interpreter hiring approaches, offering a more effective and patient-centered solution.