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Your Native Language: Can You Lose It?

Posted on May 20, 2024 by TonySchmitzMay 20, 2024

Madeleine Schwartz had what sounds like a complicated but fascinating childhood. She lived with her mother in New York for half the year, and with her father in France for the other six months.  Then as an adult in 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy, Uncategorized

Posing a Potentially Awkward Question

Posted on December 18, 2023 by TonySchmitzDecember 18, 2023

Sometimes it’s the little things that can mess you up. Case in point: sensitively asking where your recently-arrived immigrant patient is from or may recently have been. This information allows you to offer country-specific screenings for asymptomatic conditions that can … Continue reading →

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Get Help Treating Trauma in Refugee Kids

Posted on June 12, 2023 by TonySchmitzJune 12, 2023

Get a handle on understanding the effect of traumatic stress on children who have been displaced and relocated by force in this free webinar, Traumatic Stress Among Refugee Children and Youth, set for noon to 1:30 pm, Wednesday, June 21. … Continue reading →

Posted in Refugees/Immigrants, Uncategorized

RSV, in Translation

Posted on November 21, 2022 by TonySchmitzNovember 21, 2022

With RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) clearing out local school classrooms, here are translated health information sheets that can help ESL patients get a better understanding of a disease with potentially dire outcomes for young children. Below find pieces from various … Continue reading →

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Where Did Refugees Come From?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by TonySchmitzAugust 22, 2022

Wondering where the latest refugees come from? The Minnesota Department of Health reports that of the 1,089 new arrivals in 2021, the overwhelming majority arrived from Afghanistan, followed by people from Congo, Somalia and Burma. The 2021 total is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Refugees/Immigrants, Uncategorized

A Reason Behind LEP Health Disparities

Posted on July 4, 2022 by TonySchmitzJuly 4, 2022

Just about everybody knows there’s a disparity in health outcomes between LEP patients and native English speakers. From Harvard researchers, here’s a partial explantation. In a recently published study in JAMA Pediatrics, the study team established that LEP patients are … Continue reading →

Posted in Interpreters/Translators, Language/Literacy, Uncategorized

An Emotional Approach to Public Health Messaging

Posted on August 23, 2021 by TonySchmitzAugust 23, 2021

For a different idea on how to approach public health messaging, check out this video on violence against women, sung by the Mexican singer Silvana Estrada for the organization La Red Nacional de Refugios. Find the translated version of the … Continue reading →

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