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2012 Poster Session - Access to Health Care: The Impact of Language Barriers

On Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, the McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project hosted a poster session on Access to Health Care: The Impact of Language Barriers. The project funds research projects that investigate health care access for linguistic minorities. Research is funded with the aim of expanding the project’s strategies and best practices for improving access to health care for minority language communities in Quebec. The event consisted of 12 presentations given by research teams funded for the 2010-2012 phase; 3 presentations by research teams funded for the 2012-2013 phase, and one invited guest presentation on cross border health care access in the United States. The poster session brought together researchers, community network leaders, and government officials with a view to creating collaborations for expanding research in language barriers in access to health care.

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André Costopoulos

Welcoming

André Costopoulos: Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project; Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; and Associate Dean (Student Affairs), McGill Faculty of Arts.

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Identifying Inequalities in Health

Nathalie Auger

Linguistic Inequalities in Perinatal Health in Quebec*

Nathalie Auger: Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de santé publique; and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.

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Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

The Internet and Health Care Use Among Linguistic Minorities in Quebec

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée: Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and of Epidemiology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; and Director of the International Research Infrastructure on Social inequalities in health.

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Equitable Distribution of Health Professionals

Jan Warnke

Québec Health Professionals with Linguistic Capacity and Official Language Minority Communities in Québec : A Comparative Analysis with the Rest of Canada

Jan Warnke: Research consultant in geo-demographic analysis of social and contextual determinants of health at Université Laval.

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Improving Access to Health and Social Services

Christopher M. Philip

The Development and Evaluation of Strategic Interventions Aimed at Improving Relations between Health Professionals and English-Speaking Users in the Eastern Townships

Estelle Chamoux: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Bishop's University; and member of the Psychological Health and Well-being research cluster at Bishop's.

Presented by research assistant: Christopher M. Philip

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Daniel Nagel

Development of a Telehealth Training Manual for English-Speaking Healthcare Providers*

Antonia Arnaert: Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; and Faculty Member of the McGill Programs in Whole-Person Care.

Presented by research assistant: Daniel Nagel

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Bonnie Destounis

Breaking Down the Linguistic Barriers for Access to Health Care for Deaf Persons in the English Speaking Community of Quebec

James C. MacDougall: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; and President and CEO of the Canadian Deafness Research and Training Institute (CDRTI).

Presented by research team members: Bonnie Destounis and Liz Scully

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Community Health and Social Services Network

James Carter

Research Promotion Initiative

James Carter: Program and Policy Advisor, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN).

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Development of Second Language Training for Health and Social Services

Victoria Surtees

Modelling Health-Care Giver/Patient Task-Specific Dialogues*

Henrietta Cedergren: Honorary Professor, Department of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Presentation by research assistant: Victoria Surtees

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Stephanie Lapointe

Creating Linguistic Corpora for Second Language (L2) Training of Health Professionals Principal Investigator: Leif French, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi*

Leif French: Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.

Presented by research assistant: Stephanie Lapointe

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Ioana Nicolae

Developing and Testing Task-based Modules for Second Language (L2) Training of Francophone Nurses*

Elizabeth Gatbonton: Associate Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University.

Presented by research assistant: Ioana Nicolae

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Maria-Lourdes Lira Gonzales

Development of Formative Assessment Tasks for Nurses Learning ESL in Quebec*

Michel Laurier: Professor, Department of Educational Foundation and Administration, Université de Montréal.

Presented by research assistant: Maria-Lourdes Lira Gonzales

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Norman Segalowitz

Assessing Second Language (L2) Vocabulary in Health Professionals*

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Norman Segalowitz: Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University; Associate Director, Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP); and Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team.

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Norman Segalowitz

Assessing and Overcoming Second Language (L2) Semantic Barriers in Health Professionals*

Norman Segalowitz: Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University; Associate Director, Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP); and Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team.

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Ìý*These projects were renewed for the 2012-2013 phase.

New Research Projects Funded for the 2012-2013 phase**

Nathalie Auger

The Contribution of Wealth and Poverty to Life Expectancy of Anglophones in Montreal

Nathalie Auger: Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de santé publique; and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.

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Karine Dubé

The Development and Retention of Health Professionals in Aboriginal Communities through Information and Communication Technologies

Marie-Pierre Gagnon: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval; and member of the CHUQ Research Centre, St-François d’Assise Hospital: Research Axis for Knowledge Transfer and Health Technologies Assessment.

Presented by research team members: Erik Breton and Karine Dubé

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Robert Savage

Supporting Community Literacy for Improved Health and Literacy Outcomes in Urban and Rural Quebec

Robert Savage: Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.

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** In addition, Lawrence Kirmayer and Eric Jarvis were funded for Assessing Language Barriers to Mental Health Services in a Multi-ethnic Patient Population.

Invited Virtual Presentation

John Kilburn

Crossing for Health Care Services

John Kilburn: Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences; and Associate Dean (Research & Sponsored Projects), Texas A&M International University.

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Closing Remarks

André Costopoulos

André Costopoulos: Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project; Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; and Associate Dean (Student Affairs), McGill Faculty of Arts.

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The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project is funded by Health Canada
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