Description
An interdisciplinary overview of theory, history, and leading research in the field
With a joint linguistic and medical perspective, The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare explores innovative approaches for improving clinical education, clinician-patient communication, assessment, and mass communication. Contributions by a diverse panel of experts address a wide range of key topics, including language concordance in clinical care, medical interpreting, the role of language as a social determinant of health, reaching linguistically diverse audiences during public health crises, assessing clinician language skills, and more.
Organized into five parts, the Handbook covers the theory, history, and context of linguistics, language interpretation and translation, language concordance, medical language education pedagogy, and mass communication of health information with linguistically diverse populations. Throughout the text, detailed chapters present solutions and strategies with the potential to improve the health and healthcare of linguistically diverse populations worldwide.
In an increasingly multilingual, global society, language has become a critical area of interest for advancing public health and healthcare. The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare:
- Helps professionals integrate language-appropriate communication in healthcare settings
- Addresses clinician-patient communication, assessment, research, and mass public health communication
- Offers key theoretical insights that inform the intersection of language, public health, and healthcare
- Highlights how various approaches in the field of linguistics have enriched public health and healthcare practices
The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional students of applied linguistics, health communication, and medicine. It is also an invaluable reference for language educators, clinicians, medical educators, linguists, health policy experts, and researchers.
Table of Contents
Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Handbook
Part I. Theory, History, and Context: Language in Public Health and Healthcare
1. Are We Overlooking Language? An Applied Linguistics Perspective on the Role of Language as a Social Determinant of Health
Stefanie Harsch, PhD and Maricel G. Santos, EdD
2. Sociolinguistics, Public Health, and Healthcare
Dalia Magaña, PhD
3. A Critical Overview of Illness Narratives: Sociolinguistic, Literary, and Graphic Perspectives
Roxana Delbene, PhD, DMH
4. Anthropological Linguistics, Health, and Healthcare
Milena Melo, PhD, Carla Pezzia, PhD, William J. Robertson, PhD, and K. Jill Fleuriet, PhD
Part II. Language Interpretation and Translation in Public Health and Healthcare
5. Recognizing and Addressing Language Discordance
Allison P. Squires, PhD, RN, FAAN
6. The Role of Medical Interpreters
Elaine Hsieh, PhD
7. Healthcare Translation for Patients
Karwacka Wioleta, PhD
8. Health Literacy and Plain Language
Suad Ghaddar, PhD
Part III. Language Concordance in Public Health and Healthcare
9. Language Concordance in Clinical Care
Alicia Fernández, MD and Francine Ríos-Fetchko, BA
10. Language Concordance as Interactional Concordance in Multilingual Clinical Consultations
Caroline H. Vickers, PhD and Ryan A. Goble, PhD
11. Assessing Clinician Language Skills
Ute Knoch, PhD and Jason Fan, PhD
12. Setting Standards for Clinician Language Use in Patient Care
John D. Cowden, MD, MPH
13. Current Gaps and Future Directions in Language Concordance Research and Policy
George S. Corpuz, BA, BS, David A. Chirikian, MS, BS, and Lisa C. Diamond, MD, MPH
Part IV. Pedagogy of Medical Language Education
14. Second Language Acquisition for Healthcare Purposes
Karol J. Hardin, PhD
15. Centering Translanguaging for Inclusive Health Communication: Implications for Healthcare Professional Education
Josh Prada, PhD and Robyn Woodward-Kron, PhD
16. Dedicated Medical Spanish Courses and Cross-Linguistic Healthcare Communication Skills
Marco Alemán, MD and Alejandra Zapién-Hidalgo, MD, MPH
17. Medical Language Programs to Enhance Engagement with Diverse Communities in the United States and Around the World
Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH and Jennifer Kasper, MD, MPH
18. Clinical Communication Skills Training in Minoritized Languages
Carmen Pérez-Muñoz, PhD and Tiffany M. Shin, MD
19. Faculty Development in Medical Language Education
Mónica B. Vela, MD, FACP and Adriana C. Black Morocoima, MPH, MAT
Part V. Mass Communication and Health: Theory, Research, and Application with and for Linguistically Diverse Populations
20. Mass Media and Health Research In, With, and For Linguistically Diverse Populations
Katharine J. Head, PhD and Katherine E. Ridley-Merriweather, MA
21. Health Information Seeking Among Linguistically Diverse Populations in the U.S.
Christine Swoboda, PhD, Priti Singh, PhD, A. Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH, and Naleef Fareed, PhD
22. Entertainment Education as Linguistic Duality in Practice
Suruchi Sood, PhD and Rachael HaileSelasse, MA
23. Graphic Medicine and Visual Communication Techniques for Public Health and Healthcare in Linguistically Diverse Settings
MK Czerwiec, RN, MA, Q. Jane Zhao, MSc, Isa Álvarez, BA, and Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM
24. Social Media and Health in Linguistically Diverse Communities: An Examination of Overlooked Populations and Understudied Platforms
Anna Gaysynsky, MPH, Kathryn Heley, PhD, MPH, and Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, PhD, MPH
25. Urgent Communication in Public Health Crises: Reaching Linguistically Diverse Audiences
Xiaoli Nan, PhD, Victoria Ledford, PhD, and A. Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH
Glossary
Index
