Co-Design Model of Support for Child and Family Health Nurse Practice with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

Mehrnoush Bonakdar Tehrani, Stacy Blythe, Suza Trajkovski and Lynn Kemp ()
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Mehrnoush Bonakdar Tehrani: Translational Research and Social Innovation (TReSI), Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
Stacy Blythe: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
Suza Trajkovski: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Lynn Kemp: Translational Research and Social Innovation (TReSI), Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) mothers with young children face multiple inequities in accessing primary health services, such as language barriers, social isolation, low health literacy, and the availability of appropriate interpretation services. These inequities are persistent and indicate that child and family health nurse (CFHN) services, the providers of primary healthcare in many developed countries, require better support to address the needs of these families. This study engaged with CFHNs and healthcare interpreters to co-design a model of support for practice using workshops that included individual and collective brainstorming and visual representations. Transcripts of the discussion were analysed using thematic analysis. CFHNs and interpreters were able to articulate their perfect service model: a central multidisciplinary team of CFHNs, interpreters, and bilingual educators who could facilitate nurse–interpreter and nurse–interpreter–client relationships, allowing CFHNs and interpreters to do their jobs properly. This central structural component would support and be supported by rapport, trust, client choice and access, continuity of care, and cultural comfort. The study concluded that CALD mothers’ access and engagement require CFHNs to have support for their cultural comfort through the mechanism of bilingual educators and the expansion of healthcare interpreters’ role and scope in working with CFHNs in the delivery of services.

Keywords: health service inequity; cultural diversity; child and family health nursing; programmes and services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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