Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Danish Certified Prosthetists and Orthotists’ experience of their intercultural competencies in the treatment of immigrants: A qualitative interview study
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. Prosthetics and Orthotics.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Background: To be able to meet social harmony in a continuously globalizing world, intercultural competencies are important to possess as an individual. Thus, it is also important for Certified Prosthetists and Orthotists (CPOs) and other health care providers since they meet many diversities in connection to their work.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate Danish CPOs’ experience and perception of their intercultural competencies in the treatment of immigrants.

Method: This study is a qualitative interview study using a phenomenological approach. Semi-structured interviews are used to collect the data from five CPOs working in Danish clinics. A content analysis, with an inductive approach, is used for the analysis.

Findings: From the analysis of the participant interviews, seven sub-categories were found and further divided into three categories: Treatment, work environment, and development of competencies. These contribute to describe the main category and the aim of this study.

Conclusion: The Danish CPOs, who participated in this study, experienced that they did not treat immigrants differently than non-immigrants. However, they experienced that some challenges could be connected to the treatment of immigrants, such as communication difficulties, but they all had a perception, that they used specific tools and strategies to accommodate these challenges. Furthermore, they all experienced that their intercultural competencies had improved with experience, but most of them were also interested in further development of their competencies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 37
Keywords [en]
Intercultural competencies, Immigrants, Experience, Prosthetist and orthotist, Denmark
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52896ISRN: JU-HHJ-OTE-1-20210068OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-52896DiVA, id: diva2:1561960
Subject / course
HHJ, Prosthetic and Orthotic
Presentation
2021-05-06, Jönköping, 14:50 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2021-06-28 Created: 2021-06-07 Last updated: 2025-10-13Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(504 kB)291 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 504 kBChecksum SHA-512
d1864c5656585f650659ff9ba399a653b0d667528e7d6db428e63da84367b3dc58761ea27577db038afb0303e9ddd56792939acb914a65ee4ab374af72882fef
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
HHJ. Prosthetics and Orthotics
Medical and Health SciencesHealth Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 293 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 514 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf