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| Date: | Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:18:50 -0700 |
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FYI: I thought some of you might be interested in this for your practice or
professional growth...
The Kaiser Family Foundation has partnered with HealthWeek (a weekly news
show produced by Newsweek Productions, in association with Maryland Public
Television) to develop twelve segments a year on pressing health policy
topics. The third in the series, "Medical Interpreters," begins airing
Saturday, June 9. To identify your local stationšs airtime link to
http://www.pbs.org/healthweek/carriage.htm. To view more information about
the partnership and past segments link to http://www.kff.org/healthweek/.
Video of this segment will be available online on Monday, June 11.
The Foundation has researched the topic of linguistic access in our health
system and has recently focused much attention on the analysis of barriers
to care for immigrants. Language is a key obstacle to health care for many
immigrants. You can access some of the Foundation reports on this and
related health policy issues via the following links:
Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and
Responsibilities
http://www.kff.org/content/archive/1361/71a.pdf
Fact Sheet: Immigrants' Health Care Coverage and Access
http://www.kff.org/content/2001/05152001/2231.pdf
Chart Pack: Immigrants' Health Care: Coverage and Access
http://www.kff.org/content/2000/2000802a/Pub2203.pdf
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--Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC [log in to unmask]
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