National Standards for Healthcare Equity: The Case for Provincial Interpretation Services

Описание: Access to professional healthcare interpretation is a serious health equity issue. Without the ability to communicate with a care provider in their preferred language, patients cannot engage with healthcare services, and the legislative obligations under which healthcare providers function cannot be met. In consultation with healthcare and settlement providers across Canada, the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) developed a proposed national standard and an accompanying set of recommendations to address language barriers for newcomers. This position paper, ‘National Standards for Healthcare Equity: The Case for Provincial Interpretation Services,’ calls for an interpretation approach which can be implemented nationally to promote safe, equitable and positive healthcare access and experiences for newcomers. Objectives: • Learn about the process behind the development of this position paper • Understand why access to professional healthcare interpretation is a serious health equity issue affecting newcomers’ access to health services • Learn how you can champion the dissemination of this position paper to promote safe, equitable and positive healthcare access and experiences for newcomers

Speakers : Dr. Tim Holland / Allana Carlyle / Michelle Quinlan