March 28, 2012
Presenter:
Cindy Roat, M.P.H.
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
Details: This webinar is co-sponsored with the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC). We will focus on the delivery issues that health care administrators face in providing language access for recently arrived refugees. We will first look at a description of the “perfect” language access program and then the “reality” of finding, screening, training, and qualifying interpreters in languages of lesser diffusion (LLDs). We will discuss other aspects of language access including the challenges of providing vital documents in LLDs, telephone access, and wayfinding. We will also explore the use of models other than interpreters to support linguistic access for recently arrived refugees.
Webinar Resources
Additional Resources
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
International Medical Interpreters Association
Directory of Ethnic Medical Associations
Educational Institutions
Association of Departments of Foreign Languages
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition – Less Commonly Taught Languages Project
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Project
African Language Teachers Association
South Asian Language Teachers Association