Original Article

Adequately Addressing Pediatric Obesity: Challenges Faced by Primary Care Providers

Objective: To assess the challenges primary care providers encounter when providing counseling for pediatric patients identified as obese. Methods: A survey assessed the current challenges and barriers to the screening and treatment of pediatric obesity for providers in northwest Arkansas who provide care to families. The survey consisted of 15…

Posted in: challenges 2 cultural sensitivity 2 Obesity 70 pediatrics 33 primary care providers 2

Review Article

CME Article: Cross-Cultural Barriers to Health Care

Culturally sensitive health care represents a real ethical and practical need in a Western healthcare system increasingly serving a multiethnic society. This review focuses on cross-cultural barriers to health care and incongruent aspects from a cultural perspective in the provision of health care. To overcome difficulties in culturally dissimilar interactions…

Posted in: cultural sensitivity 2 culture 2 health care 5 immigrants 5
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