Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia

Doričić, Robert; Orzechowski, Marcin; Nowak, Marianne; Tutić Grokša, Ivana; Bielińska, Katarzyna; Chowaniec, Anna; Ramšak, Mojca; Łuków, Paweł; Muzur, Amir; Zupanič-Slavec, Zvonka; Steger, Florian

doi:10.3390/ijerph182211847

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (2021), 22; 11847. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211847

Doričić, Robert; Orzechowski, Marcin; Nowak, Marianne; Tutić Grokša, Ivana; Bielińska, Katarzyna; Chowaniec, Anna; Ramšak, Mojca; Łuków, Paweł; Muzur, Amir; Zupanič-Slavec, Zvonka; Steger, Florian

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Doričić, R., Orzechowski, M., Nowak, M., Tutić Grokša, I., Bielińska, K., Chowaniec, A. ... Steger, F. (2021). Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18. (22). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211847

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Doričić, Robert, et al. "Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211847

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Doričić, Robert, Marcin Orzechowski, Marianne Nowak, Ivana Tutić Grokša, Katarzyna Bielińska, Anna Chowaniec, Mojca Ramšak, et al. "Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211847

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Doričić, R., et al. (2021) 'Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211847

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Doričić R, Orzechowski M, Nowak M, Tutić Grokša I, Bielińska K, Chowaniec A, and sur.. Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Internet]. 2021 November 12 [cited 2024 December 27];18(22). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211847

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R. Doričić, et al., "Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, November 2021. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:280852. [Accessed: 27 December 2024]

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Title (english)	Diversity Competency and Access to Healthcare in Hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia
Author	Robert Doričić
Author	Marcin Orzechowski
Author	Marianne Nowak
Author	Ivana Tutić Grokša
Author	Katarzyna Bielińska
Author	Anna Chowaniec
Author	Mojca Ramšak
Author	Paweł Łuków
Author	Amir Muzur
Author	Zvonka Zupanič-Slavec
Author	Florian Steger
Author's institution	University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine (Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities)
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE Public Health and Health Care
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	SOCIAL SCIENCES Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	INTERDISCIPLINARY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE Integrative Bioethics (Natural, Technical, Biomedical and Healthcare, Social and Humanistic Sciences)
Abstract (english)	Diversity competency is an approach for improving access to healthcare for members of minority groups. It includes a commitment to institutional policies and practices aimed at the improvement of the relationship between patients and healthcare professionals. The aim of this research is to investigate whether and how such a commitment is included in internal documents of hospitals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia. Using the methods of documentary research and thematic analysis we examined internal documents received from hospitals in these countries. In all four countries, the documents concentrate on general statements prohibiting discrimination with regard to healthcare provision. Specific regulations concerning ethnicity and culture focus on the issue of language barriers. With regard to religious practices, the documents from Croatia, Poland, and Slovenia focus on dominant religious groups. Observance of other religious practices and customs is rarely addressed. Healthcare needs of patients with non-heteronormative sexual orientation, intersexual, and transgender patients are explicitly addressed in only a few internal documents. Diversity competency policies are not comprehensively implemented in hospital internal regulations in hospitals under investigation. There is a need for the development and implementation of comprehensive policies in hospitals aiming at the specific needs of minority groups.
Keywords (english)
Language	english
Publication type	Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication status	Published
Peer review	Peer review - international
Publication version	Published version
Journal title	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Numbering	vol. 18, no. 22, 11847
e-ISSN	1660-4601
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211847
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:184:280852
Publication	2021-11-12
Document URL	https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11847
Type of resource	Text
Access conditions	Open access
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