Submit a 3- to 4-page paper in which you:
List the main themes found in the Content Analysis of Focus Groups. Based on the data, provide a thorough analysis of the current barriers to services (found in each theme).
Select one barrier to service and create two social work recommendations to address that specific barrier. Use literature to support your recommendations.
Discuss how you would collaborate with other service providers and key community members to ensure that they understand the need for a culturally appropriate intervention.
Critically reflect on your own culture and explain how your cultural values and beliefs may have influenced how you interpreted the focus group data. What specific strategies would you undertake to become more culturally competent to practice or conduct research with this group?
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Content Analysis of Focus Groups
Research Question 1: What are the barriers in implementing mental health services in
the Asian American community?
Research Design: Qualitative, Descriptive
Research Method: Focus groups
Participants: Healthcare providers
Patient-Related Barriers
Social Stigma Associated With Mental Illness
. . . but also a lot of my patients have a fear of going to psychiatrists because of
the social stigma . . .(RT, pg. 1)
Because of the stigma it is hard to get patients to ask for help and . . . (AW,
pg. 2)
Financial Difficulties
. . .and many have financial difficulty and have to pay an additional fee for
psychiatry. (RT, pg. 1)
Cultural Differences in Help-Seeking
It is easier sometimes to refer patients to someone else because a lot of
times I find that the Chinese patients I see are unwilling to open up or
trust. (AW, pg. 2)
We have to see why Asians go to see a health care provider, forget about
whether its in the mental health profession, or even a regular clinician.
Why does the patient see the provider . . . is it because they have
seen a Chinese herbalist and have failed and have used their last
efforts to see a Western doctor, that will put tremendous expectations
on this relationship, as opposed to someone who comes to see the doctor
for the first time and has faith [in] the Western doctor? (CTS, pg. 7)
Service Provider-Related Barriers
Despite all the training, I have found that working with Chinese populations there are a
lot of barriers. (AW, pg. 2)
Pass the Buck Theme
It is easier sometimes to refer patients to someone else because a lot of
times I find that the Chinese patients I see are unwilling to open up or trust. (AW,
pg. 2)
Lack of Training/Skills/Expertise
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