Barbara C Schouten
Biographic Data
| ID | 6184366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara C Schouten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara C |
| FAMILY NAME | Schouten |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOUTEN B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8910-0128 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring the use of translation technologies to overcome language barriers in mental healthcare
Language barriers in healthcare continue to pose major challenges to equitable, high-quality care, particularly in mental health settings where communication is central to diagnosis, therapeutic alliance, and treatment planning. Translation technologies, including machine translation applications, offer potential solutions, but their real-world usability in mental health care remains underexplored. This cross-country qualitative study examined th…
Communication difficulties and strategies in migrant mental healthcare
Mental health care for migrants in the Netherlands
This study addresses the mental health needs of refugees and migrants in the Netherlands, highlighting the urgent public health challenges they face. Unique psychosocial hurdles, exacerbated by cultural dislocation, language barriers and systemic inequalities, hinder their access to quality mental healthcare. This study explores how coloniality intersects with mental healthcare access, using a decolonial framework to challenge stereotypes and ass…
Uncovering communication strategies used in language‐discordant consultations with people who are migrants
BACKGROUND: Global migration has led to a sharp increase in the number of language-discordant consultations (LDCs) in healthcare. Evidence on how healthcare providers (HCPs) meet migrant patients' needs while mitigating language barriers is lacking. DESIGN: = 45.07, SD = 11.46) and conducted semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative, open-ended data for identifying the communication strategies used with migrant patients in LDCs. We analys…
Uncovering multi-level mental healthcare barriers for migrants
This research elucidates the multifaceted, systemic challenges hindering equitable mental healthcare provision for migrants. It posits that sweeping policy reforms are imperative, advocating for the implementation of strategies, such as increasing the availability of language services, enhancing healthcare providers' capacity, and legal framework and policy change to be more inclusive. The findings substantially contribute to scholarly discourse …
Enhancing patient participation of older migrant cancer patients
To enhance patient participation among older migrant cancer patients/survivors, the Health Communicator is, under certain conditions, a promising tool for fulfilling patients'/survivors' unfulfilled instrumental and affective needs and for bridging barriers perceived by professionals
Informal interpreting in general practice
Our findings indicate a connection between the role of the advocate, the fidelity dimension of trust and the perceived empowerment of the patients. By linking interpreters' role to trust and power, this study contributes to theory building in the field of informal interpreting, which is needed to design evidence-based interventions to improve health care delivery to patients with insufficient language ability and thus to advance health care deliv…
GPs’ Interactional Styles in Consultations with Dutch and Ethnic Minority Patients
The aim of this study was to examine interactional styles of general practitioners (GPs) in consultations with Dutch patients as compared to ethnic minority patients, from the perspective of level of mutual understanding between patient and GP. Data of 103 transcripts of video-registered medical interviews were analyzed to assess GPs' communication styles in terms of involvement, detachment, shared decision-making and patient-centeredness. Survey…
Compliance behavior and the role of ethnic background, source expertise, self-construals and values
Self-construals and conversational indirectness
Cultural differences in medical communication
Informal interpreting in general practice
Our findings indicate a connection between the role of the advocate, the fidelity dimension of trust and the perceived empowerment of the patients. By linking interpreters' role to trust and power, this study contributes to theory building in the field of informal interpreting, which is needed to design evidence-based interventions to improve health care delivery to patients with insufficient language ability and thus to advance health care deliv…
Compliance behavior and the role of ethnic background, source expertise, self-construals and values
Mental health care for migrants in the Netherlands
This study addresses the mental health needs of refugees and migrants in the Netherlands, highlighting the urgent public health challenges they face. Unique psychosocial hurdles, exacerbated by cultural dislocation, language barriers and systemic inequalities, hinder their access to quality mental healthcare. This study explores how coloniality intersects with mental healthcare access, using a decolonial framework to challenge stereotypes and ass…
Enhancing patient participation of older migrant cancer patients
To enhance patient participation among older migrant cancer patients/survivors, the Health Communicator is, under certain conditions, a promising tool for fulfilling patients'/survivors' unfulfilled instrumental and affective needs and for bridging barriers perceived by professionals
Cultural differences in medical communication
Self-construals and conversational indirectness
GPs’ Interactional Styles in Consultations with Dutch and Ethnic Minority Patients
The aim of this study was to examine interactional styles of general practitioners (GPs) in consultations with Dutch patients as compared to ethnic minority patients, from the perspective of level of mutual understanding between patient and GP. Data of 103 transcripts of video-registered medical interviews were analyzed to assess GPs' communication styles in terms of involvement, detachment, shared decision-making and patient-centeredness. Survey…
Compliance behavior and the role of ethnic background, source expertise, self-construals and values
Informal interpreting in general practice
Our findings indicate a connection between the role of the advocate, the fidelity dimension of trust and the perceived empowerment of the patients. By linking interpreters' role to trust and power, this study contributes to theory building in the field of informal interpreting, which is needed to design evidence-based interventions to improve health care delivery to patients with insufficient language ability and thus to advance health care deliv…
Enhancing patient participation of older migrant cancer patients
To enhance patient participation among older migrant cancer patients/survivors, the Health Communicator is, under certain conditions, a promising tool for fulfilling patients'/survivors' unfulfilled instrumental and affective needs and for bridging barriers perceived by professionals
Uncovering communication strategies used in language‐discordant consultations with people who are migrants
BACKGROUND: Global migration has led to a sharp increase in the number of language-discordant consultations (LDCs) in healthcare. Evidence on how healthcare providers (HCPs) meet migrant patients' needs while mitigating language barriers is lacking. DESIGN: = 45.07, SD = 11.46) and conducted semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative, open-ended data for identifying the communication strategies used with migrant patients in LDCs. We analys…
Uncovering multi-level mental healthcare barriers for migrants
This research elucidates the multifaceted, systemic challenges hindering equitable mental healthcare provision for migrants. It posits that sweeping policy reforms are imperative, advocating for the implementation of strategies, such as increasing the availability of language services, enhancing healthcare providers' capacity, and legal framework and policy change to be more inclusive. The findings substantially contribute to scholarly discourse …
Communication difficulties and strategies in migrant mental healthcare
Mental health care for migrants in the Netherlands
This study addresses the mental health needs of refugees and migrants in the Netherlands, highlighting the urgent public health challenges they face. Unique psychosocial hurdles, exacerbated by cultural dislocation, language barriers and systemic inequalities, hinder their access to quality mental healthcare. This study explores how coloniality intersects with mental healthcare access, using a decolonial framework to challenge stereotypes and ass…
Exploring the use of translation technologies to overcome language barriers in mental healthcare
Language barriers in healthcare continue to pose major challenges to equitable, high-quality care, particularly in mental health settings where communication is central to diagnosis, therapeutic alliance, and treatment planning. Translation technologies, including machine translation applications, offer potential solutions, but their real-world usability in mental health care remains underexplored. This cross-country qualitative study examined th…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (4 works) · Mental health (4 works)