Meeting the linguistic needs of urban communities.

Full Abstract

In a collaborative effort to address the linguistic disparities within communities, an urban public university, school of nursing (SON), and a certified home healthcare (HHC) agency partnered in an Influenza Initiative. Undergraduate nursing students provided individual health screenings, education, and materials on the importance of influenza vaccination. In order to address the linguistic needs of the New York City (NYC) residents the nursing students, many of who were bilingual, served as translators for non-English speaking Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Ukraine NYC residents.

Author information

Author/s: Aponte, Judith (J);

Affiliation: Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, 425 East 25th Street, Mailbox #888, New York, NY 10010, USA. jap(-atsign-)hunter.cuny.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: Home healthcare nurse (Home Healthc Nurse), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-May; vol 27 (issue 5) : pp 324-9

Dates: Created 2009/05/18; Completed 2009/08/20;

PMID: 19448501, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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