Actively Recruiting
OHANA: Optimizing Cross-Cultural Care
Led by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS · Updated on 2025-08-26
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
107 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Increasing globalisation and international migration have led to greater cultural diversity in Western societies, including healthcare settings. Hospitals and healthcare environments have become meeting places for individuals from different cultural backgrounds. This diversity presents significant opportunities for improving healthcare, but also introduces complex challenges related to communication, trust and mutual understanding between healthcare professionals and patients. In this context, the concept of culturally competent care, i.e. the ability of healthcare professionals to provide respectful and appropriate care to patients by taking into account their cultural beliefs, values and practices, emerges as a crucial approach to address the specific needs of patients from different cultures. The concept of cultural competence was first introduced by Cross, who defines it as a set of behaviours, attitudes and policies that, when integrated into an organisation or among professionals, enable them to operate effectively in intercultural contexts.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
OHANA: Optimizing Cross-Cultural Care
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Nurses or caregivers involved in the cultural concordance system with direct experience caring for foreign patients
- Foreign patients admitted to hospital who speak a language other than the main language of the host country and who have been involved in the cultural concordance system
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with severe cognitive conditions that prevent participation
- Nurses or caregivers who do not work closely with assigned patients
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy, 00168
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Cristina Pistacchio, PI
CONTACT
D
Daniele Napolitano, Sub-I
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
0
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