Language as a barrier to health care for New York City children in immigrant families: Haitian, Russian, and Latino perspectives

Language as a barrier to health care for New York City children in immigrant families: Haitian, Russian, and Latino perspectives

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Weiss, Linda.
New York Academy of Medicine.
New York Academy of Medicine. Division of Health Policy.
New York Forum for Child Health.
Publication:
New York : New York Academy of Medicine, [2006]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Services Accessibility
Communication Barriers
Emigrants and Immigrants
Child
Hispanic or Latino
New York City
Haiti -- ethnology
Russia -- ethnology
Abstract:
This paper adds to and complements the existing literature on language access by focusing on the perspective of the consumer, including their own descriptions of how language affects enrollment in insurance and use of health care services and the strategies used to reduce the impact of limited English language skills. Data reported in this paper comes from a study of New York City children in lower-income immigrant families who were uninsured or who had gaps in insurance during the prior two years. The focus of the study was on three immigrant populations: Latinos, Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and Haitians.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101499211 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
319129857
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101499211