A survey of Spanish language services among L&D units in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
Over the past few years, we have noticed in our obstetrics residency program at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga that Hispanic women delivered by our service have become the majority of patients in our care. While the Hispanic population in Tennessee made up only 2.2 percent of the total state population in 2000, certain regions have seen large increases in immigrant population and Latina women accounted for 30 percent of our deliveries at the Baroness Erlanger Campus in 2003. Specifically, the number of women who speak little-to-no English has risen dramatically, forcing the hospital and all employees to expand efforts to communicate with patients in Spanish.
Stallings
Shawn P
SP
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, USA.
D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D005845:Georgia; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D013714:Tennessee