Advanced informatics understanding of clinician-patient communication: A mixedmethod approach to oral health literacy talk in interpreter-mediated pediatric dentistry
In the clinical dental consultation, multi-party configurations predominate with the presence
of parents/ primary caregivers in pediatric dentistry adding another layer of complexity.
In managing child oral healthcare, parents/ primary caregivers are critical, especially in dental
caries prevention.
This study aimed (1) to identify the structure of oral health literacy (OHL)
talk in interpreter-mediated pediatric dentistry and (2) to analyze interpreter contributions to
the communication strategies: patient-centered direct interpreting (PC-DI), patient-centered
mediated interpreting (PC-MI), clinician-centered direct interpreting (CC-DI), and clinician centered
mediated interpreting (CC-MI).
