title: Improving the experience of hospitalization for Hawaiian children on the mainland through cultural sensitivity to Hawaiian ways of healing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. jane_lassetter@byu.edu
authors.forename: Jane H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lassetter
authors.forename: Joan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: 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