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"Language, Literacy & Immigrant Health Care: Opportunities for Partnership"
       
   

 

dean schillinger
Dean Schillinger
cynthia gomez
Cynthia Gomez
panelists
Panelists from left to right: Lourdes Muguerza, Yvonne Liang, and Gail Weinstein




Forum Highlights

Please click on the title links below to read more about each presentation or planning session (audio/video of each presenter or panelist will be available shortly) and/or click on the name of the presenter for their bio (under development)

Opening comments - Maricel Santos (English Dept, SFSU)

"From bedside to the community: Closing the gap in health communication" - opening presentation by Dean Schillinger, Center for Vulnerable Populations, UCSF

"Forging new partnerships: Health Care and Adult ESL Education" - presentation by Cynthia Gomez, Director of Health Equity Initiatives, SFSU

"Perspectives on Language, Literacy and Immigrant Health Care" - panel presentation by Yvonne Liang (Chinese Community Health Resource Center), Lourdes Muguerza (Community of Learners Program, Nuestra Casa) and Gail Weinstein (Center for Immigrant & Refugee Community Literacy Education), moderated by Gerald Eisman (ICCE)

"Improving patient outreach through ethnic media" - planning sessions facilitated by Dean Schillinger (Center for Vulnerable Populations, UCSF), Sandy Close (New America Media), Jon Funabiki (Dept. Journalism, SFSU), and Lisa Lim (Foundation Relations, SFSU)

"Intercultural competency in the healthcare context" - planning sessions facilitated by Rick Harvey (Health Education Dept, SFSU), Rosario Alberro (Health Initiative of the Americas), Charlotte Ferretti (Marian Wright Edelman Institute, Wylie Liu (CPMC) and Fang-yu Chou (Nursing, SFSU)

"Using immigrant stories to address health needs" - planning session facilitated by Gail Weinstein (CIRCLE), Rena Pasick (Comprehensive Cancer Center) and Paul Heavenridge (Literacyworks)

Alumni Connections Session