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2013 Research Conference - Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities: Breaking the barriers

On Sunday, March 24th and Monday, March 25th, 2013, the UU直播 Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project鈥檚 hosted a research conference entitled Breaking the barriers: Overcoming language and cultural barriers to the delivery of equitable health care services to linguistic minorities鈥擝ringing together research and practice. The focus of the conference was to discuss the challenges encountered in attempting to address language and cultural barriers in the delivery of equitable healthcare services to linguistic minorities and to find ways to bring together research and practice in this area. The goal of the conference was to articulate the nature of the newly emerging field "the study of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural barriers in healthcare communication" by bringing together leading thinkers and scholars from various complementary disciplines.

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OPENING REMARKS

Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, UU直播

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Roger Farley, Executive Director, Official Language Community Development Bureau, Health Canada

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FEATURED SPEAKER

Antonia Maioni, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Institute for Health and Social Policy, UU直播

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IDENTIFYING INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH

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

Principal Investigator: Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de sant茅 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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Neighbourhood Risk Factors for Poor Fetal Growth in Anglophone Montrealers

Principal Investigator: Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de sant茅 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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RETENTION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES

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

Presented by Am茅lie Lampron, Research Assistant

Principal Investigator: Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Universit茅 Laval, and member of the CHUQ Research Centre, St-Fran莽ois d鈥橝ssise Hospital: Research Axis for Knowledge Transfer and Health Technologies Assessment

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IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Assessing Language Barriers to Mental Health Services in a Multi-ethnic Patient Population

Presented by Rana Ahmed, Research Assistant

Principal Investigator: Laurence J. Kirmayer, Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, and James UU直播 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UU直播

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

Principal Investigator: Robert Savage, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, UU直播

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Development of an Online Multi-Module Elective Telehealth Course for Nurses

Principal Investigator: Antonia Arnaert, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UU直播, and Faculty Member, UU直播 Programs in Whole-Person Care

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DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Assessing and Overcoming Second Language (L2) Semantic Barriers in Health Professionals: Phase III

Principal Investigator: Norman Segalowitz, Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

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Formative On-Line Assessment Instrument for Nurses Learning ESL

Principal Investigator: Michel Laurier, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, and Professor, Department of Educational Foundation and Administration, Universit茅 de Montr茅al

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Modelling Health-Care Giver/Patient Task-Specific Dialogues: Phase III

Principal Investigator: Henrietta Cedergren,听 Honorary Professor, Department of Linguistics, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQ脌M)

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Task-based Language Teaching Modules and Input Frequency: Training Francophone Nurses in Quebec

Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Gatbonton, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University

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Creating Linguistic Corpora for Second Language (L2) Training of Health Professionals: Phase III

Presented by Stephanie Lapointe, Research Assistant

Principal Investigator: Leif French, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Chicoutimi (UQAC)听

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Assessing Second Language (L2) Productive Vocabulary in Health Professionals: Phase III

Principal Investigator: Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

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CLOSING REMARKS

Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, UU直播

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Main Partners

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

OPENING REMARKS

Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, UU直播

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FEATURED SPEAKER

Laurence Kirmayer, Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, and James UU直播 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UU直播

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ROUND TABLE MODERATOR

William Floch, Manager of Research, Official Languages, Canadian Heritage

ROUND TABLE I: REALITIES AND MYTHS OF LINGUISTIC BARRIERS IN HEALTH CARE

Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de sant茅 publique (INSPQ), and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine

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Richard Bourhis, Professor, Department of Psychology (Intercultural Relations), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQ脌M)

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Eric Jarvis, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UU直播, and Researcher, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital

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Question & Answer Period

Moderated by Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

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ROUND TABLE听II: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC BARRIERS IN HEALTH CARE

Anne Leis, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

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Joanne Pocock, Research Consultant, JPocock Research Consulting and Adjunct Researcher, Carleton University, Expert in Quebec's linguistic minority communities

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Elma Moses, Faculty Member, First Peoples Studies Program, Concordia University

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Question & Answer Period

Moderated by Eva Kehayia, Director, Graduate Program, and Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, UU直播, and Scientific Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR)

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ROUND TABLE III: OVERCOMING BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS AND COMMUNITY

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN)

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Estelle Chamoux, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and Member of the Psychological Health and Well-being Research Cluster, Bishop's University

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Gwerfyl Roberts, Senior Lecturer, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University

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Question & Answer Period

Moderated by Andrew Ryder, Director, Culture, Health and Personality Lab, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

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WRAP-UP AND CLOSING

Past, Present and Future of Research in Access to Health Care for Linguistic Minorities in Quebec

Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

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Linguistic Diversity

Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, UU直播

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Closing Remarks

Sarah Stroud, Associate Vice-Principal, Humanities and Social Sciences (Research and International Relations) - Oversees the strategic direction of the Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project at UU直播, and Associate Professor, Department 听of Philosophy, UU直播

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Main Partners

Associated Partners


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

Organizing Committee

Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, UU直播

, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University

, Program and Policy Advisor, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN)

, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and member of the Psychological Health and Well-being Research Cluster, Bishop's University

french [at] shsu.edu (Leif French), Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Chicoutimi, and member of the Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team

, Director, Graduate Program, and Associate Professor, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, UU直播, and Scientific Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR)

, Director, Culture, Health and Personality Lab, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University


Main Partners

Associated Partners


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

Downloadable Program

Conference_Program_2013_EN


For questions related to the Research Development Program or conference, you may contact:

Melissa J. Bahamonde

Research Coordinator, Research Development Program

Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project

UU直播 - Faculty of Arts

P 514.398.3197 l F 514.398.2627

e-mail: melissa.bahamonde [at] mcgill.ca


Main Partners

Associated Partners


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

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