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Health Disparities and the Applied Linguist

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Health Disparities and the Applied Linguist¿bridges theory and practice to demonstrate how applied linguists are uniquely positioned to make vital contributions towards advancing health equity in the US.

Table des matières

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

    1. Language, Health Disparities, and Applied Linguistics
    2. Health Care and Language in U.S. Law
    3. Language Access and Interpretation in Health Care
    4. Language, Culture, and Power in Clinical Interactions
    5. Language, Health, and Learning in Adult English Classrooms
    6. Strengthening our Capacity for Health Equity Work
    7. Afterword by Pilar Ortega
References
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Maricel G. Santos, EdD, is a Professor of English at San Francisco State University. She has worked in community-based adult education classrooms. Her research explores the role of adult learners as change agents in health equity work in transnational communities. She was a 2008-2013 fellow with the Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program, the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the National Institute of Health.
Rachel Showstack, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Wichita State University. Her work on Spanish heritage language learning, Spanish in the U.S., and language and healthcare has appeared in various scholarly journals and edited collections, and she is co-editor of Contexts of Co-Constructed Discourse: Interaction, Pragmatics, and Second Language Applications. She is also the founder and president of the community-based Latinx health equity organization Alce su voz, for which she recently received funding from the Kansas Health Foundation.
Glenn Martínez, PhD, is the Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and a Professor of Spanish, Bicultural/Bilingual Studies, and Public Health at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His research focuses on language policy and planning in the health delivery system in the United States. His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institute of Health, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute.
Drew Colcher is a PhD candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on contact linguistics, language ideologies, and Spanish in the U.S. His work has appeared in Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics and the volume Contexts of Co-constructed Discourse: Interaction, Pragmatics, and Second Language Applications.
Dalia Magaña, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of California, Merced. Her research focuses on improving healthcare communication with Spanish speakers and developing intentional language pedagogy. The California Breast Cancer Research Program and The U.S. Department of Education have funded her collaborative studies. In 2021, her book, Building Confianza: Empowering Latino/a Patients Through Transcultural Interactions was published.

Résumé

Health Disparities and the Applied Linguist bridges theory and practice to demonstrate how applied linguists are uniquely positioned to make vital contributions towards advancing health equity in the US.

Détails du produit

Auteurs Drew Colcher, ew Colcher, Dalia Magaña, Glenn Martínez, Maricel G. Santos, Santos Maricel G., Rachel Showstack
Edition Taylor and Francis
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre de poche
Sortie 26.08.2024
 
EAN 9781032429540
ISBN 978-1-032-42954-0
Pages 148
Poids 453 g
Illustrations schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
Thème Routledge Focus on Applied Linguistics
Catégories Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée

Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics

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