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Language and Health Equity during COVID-19: Lessons and Opportunities.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Disparities in COVID-19 related outcomes in the United States by race and ethnicity pre-vaccination era: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- A Community Grounded Approach to Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities and Misinformation in Latinx and Indigenous Mexican Immigrant Communities.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- A multilingual telephone service for crisis communication with migrant groups: Swedish experiences of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Language as a pillar of cultural safety: evaluating hospital-based healthcare workers' knowledge of First Nations languages and interpreter services in East Arnhem Land, Australia.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Patients with a Preferred Language Other than English in the Emergency Department.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Video-based telemedicine utilization patterns and associated factors among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods scoping review.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Reviewing and Advocating for Data Disaggregation in Aging-Related Health Research: NIA Grants and Recommendations for Equity.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Examining access to and trust in sources of COVID-19 information among CALD Asian communities in New Zealand.PloS one · 2025Article
- Using Ecological Systems Theory to Enhance Community Health Literacy.Health literacy research and practice · 2025Article
- COVID-19, migrants, and world large urban areas: a thematic policy brief.Journal of public health policy · 2024Review
- Inclusive Crisis Communication in a Pandemic Context: A Rapid Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Healthcare Professionals' Views of Supportive Care Needs for Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans with Metastatic Cancer.Asian American journal of psychology · 2024Article
- Language: the ignored determinant of health.Paediatrics & child health · 2024Article
- Improving Assessment and Learning Environments for Graduate Medical Trainees to Advance Healthcare Language Equity.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of Language Barriers on Outcomes and Experience of COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in Quebec, Canada, During the First Wave of the Pandemic.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Disproportionate infection, hospitalisation and death from COVID-19 in ethnic minority groups and Indigenous Peoples: an application of the Priority Public Health Conditions analytical framework.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Review
- Disparities in COVID-19 vaccine intentions, testing and trusted sources by household language for children with medical complexity.PloS one · 2024Article
- Communities conquering COVID-19: Black and Latinx community perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 in regions of Michigan hardest hit by the pandemic.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
- Racial disparities in COVID-19 and gastrointestinal diseases-related mortality: analysis from CDC-WONDER databases, 2020-2022.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2024Article
- Strategies Used by Healthcare Systems to Communicate with Hospitalized Patients and Families with Limited English Proficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Review
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Abstract
Racial and ethnic health inequities have been magnified during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Linguistic barriers are a recognized source of health inequities for ethnic minority communities whose health communication needs cannot be adequately met in the majority language. Emergency circumstances, such as respiratory distress and end-of-life care, carry elevated risk of medical error due to miscommunication and are increasingly common during the current pandemic. We have identified three key opportunities to improve health equity for linguistic minority populations as a result of the COVID-19 public health crisis: patient and clinician language data collection in health systems, linguistically and culturally appropriate public health messaging, and health care workforce communication skills education.
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