TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing the Spiritual Needs of American Indians
T2 - Predictors of Satisfaction
AU - Hodge, David
AU - Wolosin, Robert J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/2/7
Y1 - 2015/2/7
N2 - Spirituality is instrumental to health and wellness in many American Indian (AI) cultures. Although the Joint Commission requires spiritual assessments to identify and address clients’ spiritual needs during hospitalization, little is known about the operationalization of this process for American Indians (AIs). To address this gap in the literature, the present study employed a national sample of AIs (N = 1,281) to identify predictors of satisfaction with the manner in which their spiritual needs were addressed. The results suggest the discharge process, physicians, room quality, and nurses play important roles in satisfactorily addressing AIs’ spiritual needs. Of these, the discharge process had the largest effect on satisfaction, underscoring the salience of social workers in addressing the spiritual needs of hospitalized AIs.
AB - Spirituality is instrumental to health and wellness in many American Indian (AI) cultures. Although the Joint Commission requires spiritual assessments to identify and address clients’ spiritual needs during hospitalization, little is known about the operationalization of this process for American Indians (AIs). To address this gap in the literature, the present study employed a national sample of AIs (N = 1,281) to identify predictors of satisfaction with the manner in which their spiritual needs were addressed. The results suggest the discharge process, physicians, room quality, and nurses play important roles in satisfactorily addressing AIs’ spiritual needs. Of these, the discharge process had the largest effect on satisfaction, underscoring the salience of social workers in addressing the spiritual needs of hospitalized AIs.
KW - American Indians
KW - Native Americans
KW - hospitals
KW - spiritual needs
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2014.971213
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2014.971213
M3 - Article
C2 - 25674725
AN - SCOPUS:84925009737
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 54
SP - 118
EP - 133
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 2
ER -