"Reimagining language equity in pediatrics", Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C

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Reimagining language equity in pediatrics

Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota

Objectives:

Upon completion of the activity, participants should be better able to:

1. Describe how language barriers impact patients, the health system, and health equity.
2. Describe at least two structural/systemic barriers to providing language access.
3. Apply evidence-based recommendations for improving partnerships with interpreters.

*For more information about the University of Minnesota’s Pediatric Grand Rounds, click here: https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/pediatric-grand-rounds

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