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Intercultural healthcare services: Challenges and good practices

Intercultural healthcare services: Challenges and good practices The importance of providing culturally sensitive healthcare services, though educating and raising awareness among health and social care professionals, was highlighted during the final conference of the I-CARE project, organised by KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre and the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidimiology of Community and Public…

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Successful completion of I-CARE training in Greece

Successful completion of the I-CARE training in Greece The pilot testing of the I-CARE training material in Greece is successfully completed! B The pilot testing in Greece occurred as online training in December 2021 and was organised by the responsible partner, KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre. 24 trainers from continuous education, training etc.…

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Launch of the I-CARE Action Sheets for Intercultural Communication

Launch of the ICARE Action Sheets In order to provide the social and healthcare workers with firsthand information to gain knowledge, skills, competences and self-confidence in dealing proficiently with aspects of intercultural learning in their daily work, the I-CARE consortium created the Action Sheets for intercultural competencies (Intellectual Output number 3 foreseen by the project).…

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Intercultural dialogue during the pandemic: impact and response

Intercultural dialogue during the pandemic: impact and response “Whilst underscoring humanity’s interconnectedness and interdependency, COVID-19 has also led to a rise in discrimination, inequality, and vulnerability, putting pressure on the capacities of societies for intercultural understanding at a time where solidarity and cooperation are needed more than ever. Exploring these themes, a new UNESCO brief…

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Supporting the integration of refugees in the healthcare and social sector

Supporting the integration of refugees in the healthcare and social sector UNHCR estimates that approximately 56 million people are currently displaced. The civil wars taking place in many places of the world, alongside the environmental challenges, take a great toll on the number of people that are forced to abandon their countries and homes. Research…

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Intercultural Care in the Social and Health Care Sectors – Situational Analysis Infographic

Transnational Situational Analysis in Graphics Download this Infographic

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Care worker talking to lady

Transnational Situational Analysis Report

Transnational Situational Analysis Report The I-CARE Transnational Analysis Report includes an analysis of the current situation with regard to the specific training needs of employees managing cultural differences in the Social and Healthcare Sector.   It is an analysis of the situation in the Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy and the UK and includes examples of good…

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Approaching Multi-ethnicity and Dementia in Education and Work

Approaching Multi-ethnicity and Dementia in Education and Work   The number of people suffering from dementia and needing care is constantly increasing. In many countries in Europe, this challenge is combined with the challenge of handling multi-culturality and multi-ethnicity amongst care staff, the residents at care homes and the elderly receiving home care – and…

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Ms Susanne Sevin has been the manager of “LOTUS”

SOSU Interviews Lotus

SOSU Interviews “Lotus”, a multi-ethnic nursing home in Aarhus, Denmark All partners in the I-CARE project have been carrying out interviews in the social and health care sector to get a better understanding of intercultural competences needed by staff in order to be able to care for all patients effectively. The interviews undertaken the Danish…

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80 Interviews provide better understanding of Intercultural Competence in Social & Healthcare Sector

80 In-depth Interviews provide a better understanding of Intercultural Competence in the Social and Healthcare Sector Which intercultural competences are needed in the social and healthcare sector today? What kind of difficulties do social and healthcare workers face daily when dealing with cultural diversity amongst patients? What are the most important areas to learn about…

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