2020
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2020.0114
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Language and Health Equity during COVID-19: Lessons and Opportunities

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“…73 Linguistic barriers can result in inadequate health communication, racial stereotyping, language discrimination, and bias against patients in the US with limited English proficiency, which can lead to unfair treatment and health inequities. 2,74,75 The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this unmet health communication need, which could be due to the increased demands on the health care system as a whole as well as the rapid increase in use of telehealth. 74,76 To adequately prepare to care for patients with limited English proficiency, patient language abilities need to be documented and accessible in health system records.…”
Section: Environmental and Geospatial Determinantsmentioning
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“…73 Linguistic barriers can result in inadequate health communication, racial stereotyping, language discrimination, and bias against patients in the US with limited English proficiency, which can lead to unfair treatment and health inequities. 2,74,75 The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this unmet health communication need, which could be due to the increased demands on the health care system as a whole as well as the rapid increase in use of telehealth. 74,76 To adequately prepare to care for patients with limited English proficiency, patient language abilities need to be documented and accessible in health system records.…”
Section: Environmental and Geospatial Determinantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2,74,75 The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this unmet health communication need, which could be due to the increased demands on the health care system as a whole as well as the rapid increase in use of telehealth. 74,76 To adequately prepare to care for patients with limited English proficiency, patient language abilities need to be documented and accessible in health system records. 74 Clinicians entering encounters that are not language concordant tend to resort to less effective medical interpreting methods out of convenience, urgency, or lack of access to appropriate resources.…”
Section: Environmental and Geospatial Determinantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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