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

On Sunday, March 24^th and Monday, March 25^th, 2013, the 鲍鱼直播 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, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
	Roger Farley, Executive Director, Official Language Community Development Bureau, Health Canada Click here for .
FEATURED SPEAKER
	Antonia Maioni, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Institute for Health and Social Policy, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
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 Click here for ,听presentation, and poster.
	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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
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 鲍鱼直播 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	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, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for ,听presentation, and poster.
	Development of an Online Multi-Module Elective Telehealth Course for Nurses Principal Investigator: Antonia Arnaert, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, 鲍鱼直播, and Faculty Member, 鲍鱼直播 Programs in Whole-Person Care Click here for , presentation, and poster.
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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	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) Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	Task-based Language Teaching Modules and Input Frequency: Training Francophone Nurses in Quebec Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Gatbonton, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
	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 Click here for , presentation, and poster.
CLOSING REMARKS
	Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
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The 鲍鱼直播 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, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
FEATURED SPEAKER
	Laurence Kirmayer, Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, and James 鲍鱼直播 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
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 Click here for .
	Richard Bourhis, Professor, Department of Psychology (Intercultural Relations), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQ脌M) Click here for video .
	Eric Jarvis, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 鲍鱼直播, and Researcher, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital Click here for .
	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 Click here for .
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 Click here for and presentation.
	Joanne Pocock, Research Consultant, JPocock Research Consulting and Adjunct Researcher, Carleton University, Expert in Quebec's linguistic minority communities Click here for .
	Elma Moses, Faculty Member, First Peoples Studies Program, Concordia University Click here for and presentation.
	Question & Answer Period Moderated by Eva Kehayia, Director, Graduate Program, and Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, 鲍鱼直播, and Scientific Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR) Click here for .
ROUND TABLE III: OVERCOMING BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS AND COMMUNITY
	Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) Click here for .
	Estelle Chamoux, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and Member of the Psychological Health and Well-being Research Cluster, Bishop's University Click here for and presentation.
	Gwerfyl Roberts, Senior Lecturer, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University Click here for .
	Question & Answer Period Moderated by Andrew Ryder, Director, Culture, Health and Personality Lab, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for
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 Click here for .
	Linguistic Diversity Andr茅 Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
	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 鲍鱼直播, and Associate Professor, Department 听of Philosophy, 鲍鱼直播 Click here for .
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The 鲍鱼直播 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, 鲍鱼直播

, 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, 鲍鱼直播, 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

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Associated Partners

The 鲍鱼直播 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 鲍鱼直播 - Faculty of Arts P 514.398.3197 l F 514.398.2627 e-mail: melissa.bahamonde [at] mcgill.ca Main Partners

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