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Health for a Change: Breaking Down Language Barriers to Accessing Quality Care

When providers and patients do not share a native language, there can be errors in communication and quality of care. This can lead to unequal treatment and poorer health outcomes. So, what can providers and advocates do? Join us for this free one-hour webinar to learn about what you can do to improve these disparities.

Learning objectives

  1. Comprehend the scope of how language impacts access to health care from a provider and patient perspective.   

  2. Hear a firsthand account of how language has impacted someone’s health care experience. 

  3. Understand how to provide more support for the current healthcare workforce to navigate successful interpreter interactions and cultural differences, as well as needs for the future workforce.  

Speakers:

  • Lynn Fors, MA, CHI

Executive Director, Access Language Solutions

  • Isabel Gereda Taylor, JD, LLM

Multicultural Affairs & Title VI Coordinator/ Global Lex

  • Sarah Hesler

Language Services Director

University of Kentucky HealthCare

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