Problems of multiculturalism in the polish health care system

Bernaciak Elżbieta, Farbicka Paulina, Jaworska-Czerwińska Aleksandra, Nartowicz Małgorzata, Juraszek Karolina. Problems of multiculturalism in the polish health care system. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(12):285-302. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2249762

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Received: 10.11.2018. Revised: 20.11.2018. Accepted: 12.12.2018.

PROBLEMS OF MULTICULTURALISM IN THE POLISH HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Bernaciak Elżbieta¹, Farbicka Paulina², Jaworska-Czerwińska Aleksandra³,

Nartowicz Małgorzata⁴, Juraszek Karolina⁵

¹Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz, Poland

²State Higher Vocational School in Koszalin, 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz, Poland

³Department of t of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Disorders, Faculty od Heath Sciences, Collegium Medicum i n Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 10th Militaty Research Hospital and Polyclinic in Bydgoszcz, Poland

⁴Department of Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

⁵Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Eskulap Hospital in Osielsko, Rehabilitation Center, Poland

Address to correspondence:

Małgorzata Nartowicz

nartowiczgosia@gmail.com

Summary:

Introduction: Medical staff in Poland increasingly take care of a person representing a different culture.

Aim: To know nurses' knowledge about the customs of people presenting different religions and cultural issues in modern health care.

Method: The authoring three-part questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of multiculturalism. Nonparametric tests were used for the comparison of variables: Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and Wilcoxon pair order.

Results: The overall level of knowledge of different cultures /religions was 8.00 for the whole study group. The highest level of knowledge among nurses was knowledge about Buddhism (1.00) and the lowest level about Hinduism (0.40).

Conclusions: Most people did not have any lecture on multiculturalism in medicine during their education. The basic concepts of Judaism, Islam and Christianity are very well known. The knowledge of customs in different religions is small. Adaptation of multicultural education curricula in medical schools is an essential factor to ensure patients and their families appropriate conditions in the Polish health service.

There was no conflict of interest.

Key words: international migration, polish health care, culture customs, nurse care