New York State Conference on Increasing Language Access to Healthcare: Toward Effective State and National Policies
Convened by:
Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, University at Albany
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State
Center for Immigrant Health, New York University School of Medicine
Conference Materials
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Final
Report - Conference Proceedings
Policy
Brief - Language Access to Healthcare: Toward Effective
National and State Policies
Conference
Program
Speaker/Session Presentations and Notes
Keynote - Language Access Research, Key Findings and Evidence-based Policy Implementation (Eric J. Hardt, M.D.)
Workshop A - Legal, Ethical and Financial Parameters for Linguistic Access in Healthcare Settings
Presentation by Nisha Agarwal, J.D.
Presentation by Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M.
Workshop B - Case Studies: Providing Linguistically Competent Care to Perinatal and Reproductive Health Clients
Presentation by Grace Mose, D.A.
Workshop C: Assessing Quality & Evaluating Healthcare Outcomes for LEP Individuals
Presentation by Francesca Gany, M.D., M.S.
Lunch Presentation - Providing Linguistic Access: Can We Affort Not To?
Presentation by Marsha Regenstein, Ph.D.
Workshop D: Linguistic Access Technologies and Innovations in Healthcare Settings
Presentation by Emily Ambizas, Ph.D. and Linda Weiss, Ph.D.
Presentation by Cornelia Brown, Ph.D.
Presentation by Siddharth Rastogi, M.BA. (pdf file)
Workshop E: Developing an Action Plan for a Linguistically Competent Organization, Lessons from the Field
Presentation by Virginia Tong
Workshop F: Ensuring High Quality Interpretation and Translation
Presentation by Wilma Alvarado-Little, M.A.
Funding for this conference was made possible in part by 1 R 13 HS015698-01A1 from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organization imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.0 Endorsed b NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus and the New York State Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force 
