Lia Lee Character Analysis

Character name, 307 words Effie Bunch is the character in the book who I felt related to public health. As a public health nurse, she worked in the public sector to oversee the components of Lia Lee 's care outside of the medical setting. She was assigned to the Lee family by the Merced County Health Department. Simply stated, she was there to make sure hat the Lee 's were overall on the right track and were preventing Lia from ending up back in the hospital. Outside of Lia 's medical care, Effie was able to observe her behavioral and environmental health. By making home visits, Effie stated that there were issues with the behavioral aspect of the Lee 's care for Lia. In the book she referred to Foua and Nao Kao as “non-compliant”, in terms of medication distribution. This medication is what would keep Lia healthy and was her form of preventative care. Effie Bunch also was able to view Lia 's personality aside from her epileptic seizures. Seeing her living environment, Effie had a better understanding of the Lee …show more content…
This services which were reviewed in this article included communication issues, progress, outcomes and complications, and patient satisfaction. The study found that even with an interpreter, people who don 't speak the same language as the medical provider are much more likely to not understand the diagnosis of their illnesses. Also, a study done on interpretation found that fifty two percent of encounters had major communication errors with interpreter use, which effected either the patient or physician understandings. Though interpreters an help translate words, often times important information can be left out, questions can be skipped, and patients are often let wishing they had a better understanding of the information they received. Inadequate translations can negatively affect the quality of care (Flores,