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MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy has created the
English Language Learner (ELL) Information Center, to provide
informative fact sheets, maps, and state-level data resources that
chronicle... Visit website
In Los Angeles, short videos show Chinese American elders how to navigate the US health care system and deal with language and cultural differences. Partners... View video
Laotian elders tell
their personal stories of dealing with health care communications issues. Introduced by Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang. Our Stories, Our Health produced this... View video
Professional interpreters call this new PSA from the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators "Excellent" "Very powerful" "Brilliant." Produced by Fluency. View video
Evangelical groups in recent weeks have become key players in the
Obama administration’s efforts to get immigration
reform moving in Congress. And while they have... read more
From Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) comes a new, free publication written by Ted Wang: Responding to changing demographics, the public and private... Visit website
Help build an online database of cultural competence resources in health care. From Julia Puebla Fortier of DiversityRx:
The challenge: Tell the world about your favorite... read more
The Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is pleased to announce the launch of a health care resources component within our Language... Visit website
ISSUE BRIEF 7: MESSAGE TRANSLATION
DECEMBER 2009
Background
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened the Commission to Build a Healthier America (2008-2009) to explore why some Americans... Visit website
Very practical information for Chinese seniors who speak Chinese and need information about their medications.
Executive Producers Michael Ong, Alexander Li and Eric Olander; Directed and... View video
Very practical information for Chinese seniors who speak Chinese and need information about their medications.
Executive Producers Michael Ong, Alexander Li and Eric Olander;
Directed and Produced... View video
This video covers what it is like to not be able to communicate with your doctor, why professional interpreters are best, and how to get... View video
What is CCHI?
The
Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) was
incorporated in July 2009 as an independent certification agency and
501(c)(6) organization in compliance with requirements of... Visit website
Students in the Torrance Adult School program created this video to show what their English classes mean to them. It's clever and sweet, telling so... View video
Carlos es un estudiante inmigrante recién llegado de México a quien le está costando mucho trabajo acoplarse por la constante discriminación en su escuela dirigido... Listen to audio
A new report released today by the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), Recording Voices: Stories of Asian Pacific American Youth as Language... read more
We have just completed the rough cut on our first of ten videos for our New Routes project on how to assist linguistically isolated Chinese... View video
These activities provide an excellent opportunity for students to listen to an English-speaker talk about mental health. Instructors can use any number of video clips... read more
Additional Lesson Resources to use with the Egal Shidad English Language Learning Activities
Cultural Adjustment and Mental Health—The Role of the ESL Teacher contains useful... read more
The goals of these English Language Learning lessons of the Egal Shidad Mental Health Project are to (1) develop adult Somalis’ knowledge related to mental... read more
When Mrs. Lian Zhen Li was first diagnosed with late stage ovarian cancer she said her fears were compounded by the painful reality that she... View video
What's it like from the interpreter's perspective? In this clip we get an insider's view of how one Chinese language medical interpreter approaches the challenge... View video
If Dr. Charlie McKay had a holiday wish list for the cancer-care practice that he runs, the top request would probably be a Hispanic oncologist,... read more
CCHER serves immigrants and residents of the greater Boston and the surrounding communities with linguistically, culturally and socially sensitive services. CCHER staff speak English, Haitian... Visit website
Looking for a great resource for your survey work?
As we go to create our community poll on the Haitian community's perceptions about Mental Health -... Visit website
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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partners.newroutes.org (grantee resources)
A national program of the