Examining teach-back strategies in healthcare interpreted consultations through case study research

Clinicians engage in interactions with migrant patients that often experience low health literacy levels and linguistic barriers. Institutions are tasked to provide adequate interpreting services and ensure effective communication strategies. Among these, the teach-back (TB) method allows clinicians...

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Autor: Álvaro Aranda, Cristina|||0000-0001-7891-1718
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/63936
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/63936
https://dx.doi.org/10.21071/tlijti.v2i7.15401
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Healthcare interpreting
Teach-back
Health literacy
Cross-cultural communication
Case-study
Conversational analysis
Interprofessional collaboration
Filología
Philology
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Sumario:Clinicians engage in interactions with migrant patients that often experience low health literacy levels and linguistic barriers. Institutions are tasked to provide adequate interpreting services and ensure effective communication strategies. Among these, the teach-back (TB) method allows clinicians to check the patient’s level of understanding by asking them to repeat what they have understood after health information is delivered. Despite its relevance in mono-/bilingual consultations, studies on TB when an interpreter is present are scarce. Drawing on case-study research and conversational analysis, this paper examines a dataset of interpreted-mediated interactions involving TB and occurring in a Spanish hospital. We aim to I) isolate instances of TB, II) detect scenarios where TB is used, III) develop an exploratory and descriptive analysis of two illustrative cases, and IV) provide suggestions for interpreter-clinician collaborative usage of TB in migrant healthcare provision.