Communicative Competence: A Framework for Understanding Language Barriers in Health Care

a framework for identifying and prioritizing factors affecting customers’ online shopping behavior in iran

the purpose of this study is identifying effective factors which make customers shop online in iran and investigating the importance of discovered factors in online customers’ decision. in the identifying phase, to discover the factors affecting online shopping behavior of customers in iran, the derived reference model summarizing antecedents of online shopping proposed by change et al. was us...

Understanding barriers to health care: a review of disparities in health care services among indigenous populations.

OBJECTIVES To review the current status of health care access and utilization among Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. STUDY DESIGN Literature review. METHODS A systematic search and critical review of relevant studies using online searches of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, MEDLINE) that examined issues relating to health care utilization and access...

1 On Knowing a Language : Communicative Competence , Proficiency , and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning

Defining cultural competence: a practical framework for addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care.

OBJECTIVES Racial/ethnic disparities in health in the U.S. have been well described. The field of "cultural competence" has emerged as one strategy to address these disparities. Based on a review of the relevant literature, the authors develop a definition of cultural competence, identify key components for intervention, and describe a practical framework for implementation of measures to addre...

A Framework for Effective Management in Child Care Centers

Given the importance of care centers in helping with the children’s developmental processes, the management style and model employed therein becomes crucial in terms of its effectiveness. To define a framework for effective management in child care centers, a set of 163 articles/documents was reviewed and 55 of them, meeting the predetermined criteria, were identified. By synthesizing the findi...