Effective Health Communication is Patient-Centered
A patient-centered perspective reflects the realities of people’s everyday lives and their current practices, attitudes, beliefs, and lifestyles.
This means considering the characteristics of your patients—including gender, age, education and income level, ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural beliefs and values, primary language(s), and physical and mental functioning.
Also consider what patients’ experiences with the health care system have been, what their attitudes are toward different health problems, and whether they are willing to use certain types of health services. These considerations can be especially important when addressing the needs of underserved patients.
PATIENT-CENTERED INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
This means considering the characteristics of your patients—including gender, age, education and income level, ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural beliefs and values, primary language(s), and physical and mental functioning.
Also consider what patients’ experiences with the health care system have been, what their attitudes are toward different health problems, and whether they are willing to use certain types of health services. These considerations can be especially important when addressing the needs of underserved patients.
PATIENT-CENTERED INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES