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community mental health care service provision is often less effective than is necessary due to a breakdown in the communication between counselors and patient. I conducted research using an interview/questionnaire as my primary means of data collection, supplemented by a literature review. My research uncovered three significant findings. The first is that the most important factor in patient outcomes is the patient's level of medical literacy. The second is that language barriers are strongly correlated with negative outcomes in community care. A third issue that has been identified is the lack of training for communication. Case managers rely on experience to learn how to communicate with clients that have language barriers or low medical literacy. There is no formal training regimen that is undertaken in the profession however. The fourth finding is that many clients are not in any condition to be communicative, and that there is little counselors can do to enhance communication is this circumstance.

The patient's level of medical literacy can vary significantly in the community. There is concern that this level is going to decrease over time due to the increased complexity of the medical profession. Patients are unable to express to health care counselors what their problems are, and this complicates the process of determining diagnosis and treatment. Practitioners often find it difficult to make determinations based on the vague descriptions offered by patients with low medical literacy, indicating that there is a gap to be overcome.

The second finding is that language barriers are strongly correlated with negative outcomes in community care. In particular it was found

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in the literature review the language barriers impacted on the use of prescription medicines and that this had a significant impact on patient outcomes. As language is the building block of communication, community counselors should have access to translation services in order to better meet the needs of their patients.

The third finding is that there is little or no training provided to case managers with respect to overcoming communications barriers. Most case managers surveyed relied primarily on their experience or inherent interpersonal communication skills to convey information to clients. Those case managers with limited experience and/or weak interpersonal communication skills had the most difficulty. This is expected to correlate to poorer patient outcomes, so the training barrier is something that should be addressed at the systemic level.

The fourth finding is that some clients are not in any condition to be communicative. Often, these are the substance abusers or the mentally ill. There is little recourse for case managers to deal with these types of patients. The intoxicated are sent home if the situation is not an emergency, but beyond that there is little that the case manager can do to enhance communication with such individuals. The mentally ill, when not among the intoxicated as well, pose unique challenges of their own. Again, case managers often struggle to communicate with the mentally ill, in part because they do not always know if the client truly understands what it being communicated.

These findings highlight a number of issues that relate to the core problem of communication breakdown between counselor and client. There are a number of opportunities for communication breakdown. Unfortunately, any of them could result in negative patient outcomes. Thus, counselors need to be aware of these different points of breakdown. In addition, they need to be able to focus on overcoming these difficulties. For agencies, additional training can be useful for dealing with the mentally ill, the intoxicated and the medically illiterate. The availability of interpreters should be enhanced in some areas and should reflect the area's demographics. All of these recommendations flow from the research that was conducted both in the literature review and in the surveys given to case managers.

I believe this study does contribute to the broader knowledge of the subject. These issues are known in the profession, but it helps to bring them all together using an outcomes-based approach. This approach highlights that no matter the underlying reason for the communication breakdown, such breakdowns result in negative outcomes for clients. Practitiioners and agencies need to better understand the issues that they are faced with so that they can formulate better policy for dealing with issues of miscommunication. The results are consistent with the literature, and show that communication breakdown continues to be a… READ MORE

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I send all the modules to Mark yesterday from module 1-5 As this the final module, here is the instructions for module 6, if this assigment is going to be more than 5 pages please, just let me know so that I can pay the difference ASAP.

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MODULE 6

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Assignment due: August 8th

There

are three components to the final module.

1.

Discussion section

You need to write a

discussion section for your project. It should be about 2-4 pages and you

should select three or four of your key findings to discuss and present your

conclusions, the implications of your findings, and if you can, make some

recommendations. Does it contribute to a broader knowledge of the

subject? Why or why not? Make sure your conclusions and recommendations

emanate from your results. You may also want to weigh how this is

consistent or inconsistent with the studies you mentioned in your literature review.

Finally, you may want to point to some areas for further study. This section,

should be incorporated into your final research paper.

2.

Final research report

You need to put the

whole project together to make a coherent document,

a research report. You also need to make sure all the

recommended corrections have been completed. You should also ensure that:

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Your

research proposal is reworked into the introduction

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The

methodology section is re-written in the past tense, you need to ensure that

your description of your method reflects what you actually did in regard to

data collection and sampling. You need to make sure your population and

sample size are accurate and you may be able to add to the ï¿½limitations of the

studyï¿½ section. The ï¿½ethical considerationsï¿½ section, may be expanded, if

issues arose during the study

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You

need to remove the redundancies, where you have repeated information for the

modules

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Module

3, should be in an appendix, with any recommended changes

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If you

did surveys if possible, scan one survey and provide as an appendix. If

you used survey monkey this is not necessary. If you did interviews,

provide as an appendix, one transcript of an interview.

Your final research

project should be comprised of the following sections presented in accordance

with APA style. Please present the information as one document and make sure

you name is incorporated into the computer file name.

Section

1 Title page, numbered table of contents,

abstract, introductory statements and presentation of the research question.

(Module I)

Section

2 Literature review and research design.

(Module II)

Section

3 Research methodology. (Module IV)

Section

4 Data collection and analysis.

(Module V)

Section

5 Discussion, Summary and

conclusion. (Module VI)

Appendix

A Module III

Appendix

B A blank questionnaire or interview guide and the

question by question specifications. (Module IV)

Appendix

C Example of completed questionnaires or transcripts

from at least three study subjects. (Module V) if possible

References

Students who did

not use participants, but other data, please submit appendices as appropriate.

Please

submit your final research report as just one complete document.

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