Improving the experience of hospitalization for Hawaiian children on the mainland through cultural sensitivity to Hawaiian ways of healing.
The experience of hospitalization for Hawaiian children on the mainland might be improved through the understanding and development of cultural sensitivity to Hawaiian ways of healing. This article contains a selected review of the literature on meeting the cultural health care needs of Hawaiian children and their families, a discussion of some of the challenges of caring for Hawaiian children in Utah, and suggestions for practice that may improve the experience of hospitalization for Hawaiian children in general.
Lassetter
Jane H
JH
College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. jane_lassetter@byu.edu
Baldwin
Joan H
JH
D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006254:Hawaii / Q000208:ethnology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014589:Utah