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SUMMARY:Health Care Equity and Language Access in Indigenous Populations
DESCRIPTION:Explore the particularities of working with Indigenous Central American languages and the current realities that speakers of these languages face regarding equity in language access to health care.\nNavigating the American medical system is\, to say the least\, a headache—and that’s if you speak English! Now imagine having to do it in Spanish when that’s not your first language. California is home to a growing population of Mexican and Central American immigrants whose first language is not Spanish. In this webinar\, we will focus on the most commonly spoken Indigenous languages in the Bay Area\, how they differ from Spanish\, and why they cannot be called “dialects.” We will also look at the major cultural barriers that these immigrant populations face in navigating the American health care system. Translators and interpreters\, whether they work in the medical field or not\, serve as a bridge between languages and cultures. The reality of Indigenous language speakers is often misunderstood and worth learning more about. \nYou will learn how to:\n\nIdentify the main Mexican indigenous languages spoken in California\nUnderstand the major challenges faced by indigenous groups in the United States\nEducate health care providers and other stakeholders about the importance of using indigenous language professionals whenever possible.\n\nAbout the Presenter\nWilliam Giller received his M.A. from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He has worked as a freelance translator and conference interpreter and is currently the Digital Content Director for the Northern California Translators Association. William works as a senior interpreter and translator for English\, French\, Portuguese and Spanish at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in Palo Alto\, California. As a Certified Healthcare InterpreterTM (Spanish)\, William has interpreted for countless patients and families who speak Spanish as a second language and has worked with a number of indigenous language interpreters. He has witnessed firsthand the linguistic and cultural challenges that immigrants from Mexico and Central America face when navigating the U.S. healthcare system.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/healthcare-equity-and-language-access-in-indigenous-populations/
CATEGORIES:Interpreting,Specialization
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