Roles and responsibilities of cultural mediators

Cultural mediation is critical to optimizing both access to and quality of mental health services. Here, Venables et al talk about the roles and responsibilities of cultural mediators. The mediators are often able to facilitate a more adequate and earlier understanding of needs and prevent mistakes...

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Published in:Forced migration review 2021-03 (66), p.27-28
Main Authors: Venables, Emilie, Whitehouse, Katherine, Spissu, Caterina, Pizzi, Lilian, Al Rousan, Ahmad, di Carlo, Stefano
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Displaced persons
Health care access
Health services
Mediation
Mediators
Mental health care
Mental health services
Psychologists
Trauma
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Summary:Cultural mediation is critical to optimizing both access to and quality of mental health services. Here, Venables et al talk about the roles and responsibilities of cultural mediators. The mediators are often able to facilitate a more adequate and earlier understanding of needs and prevent mistakes being made or avoid missed opportunities for timely access to care and services.
ISSN:1460-9819
2051-3070