The effectiveness of ethno-specific and mainstream health services: an evidence gap map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background face significant barriers in accessing effective health services in multicultural countries such as the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. To address these barriers, government and nongovernment organisations globally have taken the approach of creating ethno-specific services, which cater to the specific needs of CALD clients. These services are often complementary to mainstream services, which cater to the general population including CALD communities.

Methods

This systematic review uses the Evidence Gap Map (EGM) approach to map the available evidence on the effectiveness of ethno-specific and mainstream services in the Australian context. We reviewed Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed d

SUBMITTER: Vergani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263048 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature