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Maghrebi minors as translators in health services in Tarragona (Spain): a qualitative study of the discourse of the Maghrebi adults

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Title
Maghrebi minors as translators in health services in Tarragona (Spain): a qualitative study of the discourse of the Maghrebi adults
Published in
Globalization and Health, May 2014
DOI 10.1186/1744-8603-10-31
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Lourdes Rubio-Rico, Alba Roca Biosca, Inmaculada de Molina Fernández, M Mercè Viladrich Grau

Abstract

In the province of Tarragona (Spain), 24% of immigrants come from countries in the Maghreb. 40% of Maghrebis residing in Spain say their linguistic command of Spanish is inadequate, which could hinder their relationship with healthcare professionals. The use of minors as translators by health services is a fairly common practice. The suitability of using children as translators has been questioned, although there has been little specific research on the subject and most has been from the perspective of professionals. The aim of this study was to qualitatively analyze the discourse of Maghrebi adults to the use of Maghrebi minors as translators in the health services.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 3%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 59 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 19%
Student > Master 11 18%
Researcher 8 13%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Other 4 6%
Other 12 19%
Unknown 7 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 14 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 19%
Social Sciences 9 15%
Psychology 4 6%
Linguistics 3 5%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 11 18%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2015.
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#15,169,949
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Globalization and Health
#987
of 1,226 outputs
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#123,264
of 241,929 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#25
of 34 outputs
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