Language Barriers for Latinos
What is a language barrier?
a barrier to communication between people who are unable to speak a common language
What does it mean to maintain privacy?
Privacy encompasses a number of aspects, including personal space (physical privacy), personal data (informational privacy), personal choices including cultural and religious affiliations (decisional privacy), and personal relationships with family members and other intimates (associational privacy)
What is inequality?
Inequality—the state of not being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
Who is the fastest-growing group in the United States?
Latinos are the second-fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the country
When should you get help?
How many Hispanics are aware of the service of a free translator to set up Medicare and Medicaid?
3 out of 10 Latinos are aware there can be a translator provided
What is the The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act?
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their kids
What is the highest group for poverty rates in the United States?
African American Poverty Rate: 19.5%
What is the statistic of Latinos developing diabetes?
One in two Latinos will develop diabetes over their lifetime
What is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline?
800-273-8255
How many Latinos in the United States do not speak English? (#)
3.2 million Latinos do not speak English. (pewresearch.org)
True or False? Almost three in 10 parents (29%) let their kids use the internet without restrictions or supervision.
True
True or false? White Americans were more likely to have private insurance coverage (73 percent) compared to Black Americans (55 percent)
true (aspe.hhs.gov)
true or false? An estimated 30.1 percent of Hispanic adults ages 18 to 64 did not have health insurance last year
true
What type of healthcare provider should you see?
-psychiatrists
-psychologists
-psychoanalysts
-clinical counselors
True or false? Latino/Spanish respondents are significantly more dissatisfied with provider communication than Latino/English and white respondents
True (Pubmed.com)
True or False? Average daily screentime rates soared highest among Black and Hispanic/Latino kids and those of lower-income families. These teens and tweens were spending between 6.5 and 7.5 hours a day on entertainment screens.
True (healthychildren.org)
True or false? African Americans are generally at higher risk for heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS
What are issues more prevalent with Hispanic people?
How can you find a therapist?
If you have health insurance, call your insurance provider to learn if they cover mental health services. If they do, ask for the contact information of local service providers who accept your insurance plan.
Who is affected by language barriers?
Language choice barriers exist where institutions privilege one particular language in communication with multilingual populations. These barriers mostly affect migrant and indigenous minorities.
What is privacy monitoring?
Privacy continuous monitoring: Maintaining ongoing awareness of privacy. risks and assessing privacy controls at a frequency sufficient to ensure compliance with applicable privacy requirements and to manage privacy risks
What is implicit bias?
Implicit bias is a form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally, that nevertheless affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors.
What is the statistic of Hispanics and health insurance?
Public health insurance coverage varied among Hispanic subgroups: 36.4 percent of Mexicans, 43.7 percent of Puerto Ricans, 33.7 of Cubans, and 33.0 percent of Central Americans.
What is the Disaster Distress hotline?
CALL or TEXT 1-800-985-5990 (press 2 for Spanish)