The United States is a melting pot of numerous cultures and because of this is confronted with many challenges when it comes to providing health care and finding ways to help all cultures trust how it preforms its care. Hospitals want all types of people to know that they can come to their hospital and receive care for all types of conditions and injuries, but because of all the different types of cultures and their different beliefs about health care and medicine this can be a complicated task. The Hispanic culture is very prevalent in the United States and it continues to develop. “According to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates as of July 1, 2013, there are roughly 54 million Hispanics living in the United States.” (CDC, 2015) Because
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Somewhere along the line we forgot that are ancestors came here to make a better life, that is the case with Hispanics as well. Many people do not like the fact that they are here and this has created bigotry towards them which can even come to where they work as in hospitals. “Subject of negative attitudes during the health care process, and these feelings of discrimination may negatively impact their assessment of quality of care received. Such negative feelings may lead to decreased medication adherence and medical follow-up.” (Sorkins, et al. 2010) When a person is treated poorly from racism it makes them lose trust in the hospital and can affect if that person continues to go the hospital for help. If a person is discriminated for being a Hispanic race it can affect the healthiness of that person but, also the family because of the experience the kids become fearful of being in the same situation. Hispanics in poverty can face even greater challenges because they do not have the money for treatments that are crucial and because of this many people come to believe that that is the case for all or most Hispanics and discriminate towards …show more content…
“Although Spanish was the primary language of an estimated 11% of adults in the year 2000, the U.S. health care system is largely geared toward serving English speakers.” (Timmins, 2002) By having a system that is for one language, it is faced with multiple problems when people speak other languages. Even though Spanish has become increasingly more popular of a language to speak when a Hispanic is given a nurse or doctor that doesn’t speak their language can make things difficult when trying to communicate what the patient is feeling or how they are hurt. It can also create a problem of wrong information which can lead to the patient getting the wrong medication or treatment for their problem. “Research shows that language barriers contribute to inadequate patient evaluation and diagnosis, lack of appropriate and/or timely treatment, and other medical errors that compromise the safety of patients who have limited English skills and result in increased medical costs.” (Fox, 2009) Having this barrier in a hospital can cause distrust among the Hispanic population and can cause their population health
Somewhere along the line we forgot that are ancestors came here to make a better life, that is the case with Hispanics as well. Many people do not like the fact that they are here and this has created bigotry towards them which can even come to where they work as in hospitals. “Subject of negative attitudes during the health care process, and these feelings of discrimination may negatively impact their assessment of quality of care received. Such negative feelings may lead to decreased medication adherence and medical follow-up.” (Sorkins, et al. 2010) When a person is treated poorly from racism it makes them lose trust in the hospital and can affect if that person continues to go the hospital for help. If a person is discriminated for being a Hispanic race it can affect the healthiness of that person but, also the family because of the experience the kids become fearful of being in the same situation. Hispanics in poverty can face even greater challenges because they do not have the money for treatments that are crucial and because of this many people come to believe that that is the case for all or most Hispanics and discriminate towards …show more content…
“Although Spanish was the primary language of an estimated 11% of adults in the year 2000, the U.S. health care system is largely geared toward serving English speakers.” (Timmins, 2002) By having a system that is for one language, it is faced with multiple problems when people speak other languages. Even though Spanish has become increasingly more popular of a language to speak when a Hispanic is given a nurse or doctor that doesn’t speak their language can make things difficult when trying to communicate what the patient is feeling or how they are hurt. It can also create a problem of wrong information which can lead to the patient getting the wrong medication or treatment for their problem. “Research shows that language barriers contribute to inadequate patient evaluation and diagnosis, lack of appropriate and/or timely treatment, and other medical errors that compromise the safety of patients who have limited English skills and result in increased medical costs.” (Fox, 2009) Having this barrier in a hospital can cause distrust among the Hispanic population and can cause their population health