Health & Fitness
Minority Health
Learn why providing linguistically and culturally appropriate health-care services is central to delivering high-quality care and vital to improving minority health.
One of the biggest threats to minority health is a lack of access to quality health-care services as a result of language and cultural barriers. Let’s put this into perspective. Have you ever had to face the challenges of understanding the complexities of a newly diagnosed medical condition? Or help a loved one manage their medication after being released from the hospital? Now imagine being tasked with trying to decipher this information and facing these same challenges while also trying to overcome language and cultural barriers.
Learn how the Center on Health Disparities at Adventist HealthCare is working to improve minority health and break down barriers to care through a unique interpreter training program, here.
