Association between the frequency of treating foreign patients and the cultural competency of Japanese healthcare professionals: a mixed-method study
Treating foreign patients is associated with high motivation and skill but low attitude scores among J-HCPs, due to systemic challenges. Providing reliable interpretation services, offering practical cultural competence training, and strengthening institutional support may help reduce these challenges.
Authors
- Takeo Fujiwara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-3954)
- Nobutoshi Nawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6785-7867)
- Shun Kimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-2301)
- Yu Par Khin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-0519)
- Shigeki Shibata
Institutions
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University (JP)
- Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tropical Medicine and Health
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00844-z
- Primary Topic
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science